ALBANY, GEORGIA—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., 2537 Lafayette Plaza Drive, ALBANY, GEORGIA 31707 on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c..
Final narrative
A security guard was walking through a kiln when he stepped into a hole filled with hot water. He suffered second-degree burns to the right leg, from the foot to just under the knee.
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An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.
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A security officer was walking toward her post when she slipped and fell on the floor and sustained injuries to the left knee and rotator cuff as well as the right ribs and wrist.
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An employee was on a routine security patrol, walking around the building, when he slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained a fractured hip and an hand injury.
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An employee retrieved information from a visitor's vehicle. As they were walking back to the door of the guard house, they tripped on a nearby curb and fell. The employee sustained sprains, bruising, swelling, and abrasions to the face, back, ribs, stomach, hips, legs, knees, and feet.
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
An employee stepped out of a security guard shack and fell down stairs, landing on their left side. The employee suffered pain in the left leg and hip.
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