WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA—
WMT Housing, LLC
Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at WMT Housing, LLC, 57 Sue McCranie Street South, WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA 31650 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was shooting brads into the top of a house. The brads came in sleeves, held together by plastic fasteners designed to fall off when the gun was fired. As it came off, one of these plastic fasteners struck and injured his left eye.
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BROXTON, GEORGIA—
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An employee was going between a ladder and a wall to repair a wall in the utility room. A brad-nailing gun was hanging on a piece of wood on the side of the ladder. The employee contacted the brad nailer and the trigger was pushed into the wooden piece. The brad-nailing gun actuated and shot a 2-inch brad into the employee's abdomen.
WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA—
WMT Housing, LLC
An employee was moving a step ladder to a different location. A brad nail gun with an air hose attached was hanging on the side of the ladder. When the employee climbed the ladder, his right leg hit the safety tip of the nail gun and the nail gun shot a brad nail into the employee's right leg.
BROXTON, GEORGIA—
WMT Housing, LLC
An employee was building walls for mobile home manufacturing using a 2 1/2 inch staple gun when the gun activated and a staple lodged into their right kneecap.
BROXTON, GEORGIA—
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A forklift struck a bar under a bay door. The bar fell and struck an employee's head, breaking the employee's skull. The employee was hospitalized.
WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA—
WMT Housing, LLC
On May 27, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., an employee was descending a ladder while holding a nail gun when the nail gun discharged and a 2-inch nail entered the employee's upper-right abdomen, resulting in hospitalization.
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