Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saddle Creek Logistics, 440 Joe Tamplin Industrial Blvd, MACON, GEORGIA 31217
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was running to a customer service window when he fell to the floor, breaking his femur.
An employee was talking to a forklift operator when they were struck by a reversing forklift. The employee sustained an open fracture to the left ankle.
An employee was pulling a cake rack across a dock plate into a trailer. The rack became unstable and fell onto the employee, who suffered a broken leg and a head laceration.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
The injured employee was working in the business lot. A customer was getting into their rental truck and pressed the gas rather than the brake pedal, causing the vehicle to accelerate. The truck struck the injured employee causing a fractured pelvis.
An employee was standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder leaned against a wall. They fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the left pelvis area and a cut to the right hand and index finger that required five stitches.
An employee was assessing damage to an electrical box while on top of a roll of paper that was held by the clamp arms of a forklift. The employee was pulling wire on the junction box while elevated but came in contact with a live wire and received an electric shock, which caused the employee to fall 20 feet to the ground and sustain a fractured leg, a broken pelvis, and a broken right eye socket.
An employee was cleaning the bathroom in the office of a storage facility. Inhalation of fumes from a cleaner caused respiratory issues and the employee became ill. They were hospitalized.
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.