Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Express Professional, 300 Wilson Road, Building 800, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA 30224
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was feeding parts through a machine when his hand contacted the blade, lacerating three left-hand fingers. His middle finger was surgically amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was loading a trailer of automotive parts when the load caught the top of the trailer. He jumped up to clear a wedged item. When the item came down, the load collapsed onto the employee, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
A temporary employee was checking pallets on a pallet jack when the pallet jack moved forward. His left foot was caught between a pallet and the forks of the pallet jack and fractured.
On June 25, 2025, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee working on a garbage truck route began to experience cramping. Around 3:30 p.m., the employee's legs cramped as he got off the truck, and he was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration.
A temporary employee was cleaning plastic welding irons and cutting them using a table saw. The saw blade contacted his left middle and ring fingers, resulting in a partial amputation of his left ring finger and an avulsion to his left middle finger.
An employee was peeling a watermelon when the knife slipped from his hand. He grabbed it and suffered a laceration on his right index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.