Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fly Form Structures, 26575 Cobb Parkway, SMYRNA, GEORGIA 30080
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was dismantling shoring equipment when his right ring finger was partially amputated.
An employee was pulling a showing frame off the top of a stack of showing frames. The frames were stacked 10 to 12 high and weighed 50 to 60 lbs. each. As he pulled and turned with the top showing frame, the stack fell over and struck his left hip. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was working on a 6-foot ladder that was leaned against a gas compression engine. The ladder feet slipped on the working surface, causing the ladder to become unstable. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered bilateral wrist fractures.
An employee was reinstalling an idler weighing approximately 400 lbs. on a bulldozer when the idler shifted slightly, pinching the employee's finger. The employee sustained an amputation.
An employee was filling a pressure washer with gasoline when the vapors ignited, resulting in the employee suffering burns to his face, hands, and arms.
An employee was preparing to unload freight from the liftgate of their truck while at a client location. They stepped into a pothole and fell onto their left side, resulting in a broken hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was using a torch to remove a broken bolt from inside a roller drum. Prior to this, brake cleaner had been used inside the roller drum. The employee was inside the roller drum when a flash fire occurred and the employee sustained burns to their face and arms.
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.