ROME, GEORGIA—
Georgia Pacific Corporation
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Georgia Pacific Corporation, 380 Mays Bridge Road, SW, ROME, GEORGIA 30165 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was fixing a spacer on a stack of 2 x 10's when a few of the 2 x 10's fell on his left leg, breaking his tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
More severe injuries at Georgia Pacific Corporation
MILFORD, NEW JERSEY—
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
An employee was rearranging unit stacks inside a trailer. He stepped onto one unit (5.5 feet tall) to push the unit behind it. The employee fell between the two units onto the floor of the trailer, resulting in five broken ribs on the left side and a punctured left lung.
SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN—
Georgia Pacific Corporation
An employee was clearing a fault on her machine when she slipped on preprint corrugated sheets lying on the floor and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a fractured right hip and a bruised right wrist.
GURDON, ARKANSAS—
Georgia Pacific Corporation
An employee was removing a 6' x 6' cover from a log chipper using a hoist. The chipper disc contacted the cover which then dislodged from the hoist and struck the employee, resulting in lacerations to the head, neck and face and broken teeth.
CORRIGAN, TEXAS—
Georgia Pacific Corporation
An employee was repairing a sight glass on a water holding tank and noticed a leaking pipe that needed repair. He stepped onto a 3-inch pipe and his wrench fell, causing him to lose balance. The employee fell onto a mixer motor and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist, fractured left clavicle, and five fractured ribs.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION
An employee was helping to remove a tote filled with ink when the tote contacted his left hand and pinched his finger between it and a metal frame, amputating his fingertip.
View Georgia Pacific Corporation's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
FORNEY, TEXAS—
Amazon FTW5
An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.
EL PASO, TEXAS—
Tuff Shed, Inc.
An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Lufkin Industries
An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.
CYPRESS, TEXAS—
Cy-Fair Coatings Inc
An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Rodriguez General Carpentry
An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 321213)
LENA, LOUISIANA—
Boise Cascade Company
An employee became overheated while working at a plywood production facility. The employee sustained dehydration, heat syncope, rhabdomyolysis, and an acute kidney injury.
TROY, ALABAMA—
HB&G Building Products, Inc.
An employee was standing on a platform, cleaning a mold, when he fell through an opening in the platform to the concrete floor approximately 6 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his shoulder, elbow, and rib.
HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA—
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
The injured employee was on the ground level receiving an OSB board from a co-worker who was on a 10-foot-high catwalk. The board was 4 feet by 25 feet and weighed approximately 270 pounds. As it was being slid down a handrail by a crew of three employees, the board went over the rail and landed on the injured employee's left foot, resulting in a fracture.
LUTZ, FLORIDA—
Tibbetts Lumber CO LLC
An employee was unloading wood trusses from a trailer when a few trusses fell and struck him. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
GREENVILLE, ALABAMA—
Structural Wood Systems, Inc.
An employee was working on a wood lamination machine to form arches. As the employee was using a hammer, it struck his thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in GEORGIA
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA—
GS II Building Products, Inc.
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.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc
A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA—
Alfa Insurance
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.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA—
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.
TRENTON, GEORGIA—
Bull Moose Tube
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.