Walking, without other incident-single episode · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at East O&M, LLC, 290 River Run Trail, HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA 30230
on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.
Final narrative
While climbing a hill, an employee collapsed and suffered a heart attack.
HospitalizedHeartBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
An employee was walking up a jetway after exiting an aircraft when they felt a sharp pain in their lower back and they collapsed to the floor. The employee sustained a herniated disc that was compressing on the sciatic nerve.
An employee stepped off the back of his truck. He then took a few steps and his knee gave out and hyper-extended, resulting in a torn tendon in his right leg.
An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.
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.