SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA—
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., 301 Mable Avenue, SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA 30401 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a cutting torch to remove rusted bolts off a spreader buggy when his hand slipped and the torch flame made contact with his left hand. He sustained burn injures to his left thumb and index finger.
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An employee climbed an aluminum extension ladder inside a grain bin to help remove a stirring machine. As the farmer began to lower the stirring machine from the top, one of the ropes broke, causing the stirring machine to strike the ladder and knock it out from under the employee. The employee fell to the base of the grain bin and sustained fractures requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was walking around the bagger machine, looking to see if it was operating correctly following maintenance. His coveralls got caught on the rollers, pulling his arm into the machine. The lower portion of his arm was fractured.
BURLEY, IDAHO—
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
An employee was working on a hydraulic motor on a fertilizer truck. Their leather glove got caught in the rotating shaft on the motor. The employee's right hand was pulled into the shaft and a fingertip was amputated.
MILFORD, DELAWARE—
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
An employee was moving palletized wheat seed out of a truck onto a lift gate. He fell out of the truck and suffered a broken left humerus. He was hospitalized.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA—
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
An employee was removing a guard. As he stepped back to reposition himself, he twisted, fell, and suffered a leg injury.
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