Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Garland Sales, Inc., 1800 Antioch Rd. , DALTON, GEORGIA 30721
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to free a piece of carpet that was jammed on a cut table when the table blade contacted the employee's hand, resulting in the partial amputation of the employee's right index and middle fingers. The cut table was guarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTextile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
On November 13, 2024, an employee was operating an automatic roller. She reached with her right hand to place a label on a carpet roll when the machine pulled her arm into the carpet roll, resulting in a fractured arm.
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 unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was rigging a bundle of slabs to a powered industrial truck using a spreader bar when a slab shifted from the spreader bar. The employee went to push the slab and was caught between the bundle of slabs and a structural support beam. The employee sustained a crush injury.
Employees were moving slabs of granite with an overhead crane and placing them on an A-frame. When the clamp released, the slabs started falling forward. The injured employee went to stop the slabs from falling and the slabs fell on top of him. The employee was crushed and sustained a head injury.
An employee was lifting a 24 x 48" tile. The employee bent down to check the pallet tag (dye lot) and felt pain in their back and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a riding lawn mower to cut the grass. They shut down the mower and climbed off to clear a jam. The employee's left little finger was partially amputated by the blade(s) still in motion.
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.