Georgia-Pacific LLC

An employee was resetting the chain at the core station. He stepped onto the foot pedal that raises and lowers the hoist as he grabbed the chain and sustained amputation of his left index and ring fingers.

A employee was clearing a wood plug in a dryer when their left glove was caught by the machine. The employee used their right hand to try and free their left and the right hand also became caught in the machine. The employee sustained the amputation of their left arm up to the elbow, and bruising to the right arm.

An employee was prepping cardboard trays for use by nearby equipment when they were struck by a box clamp truck. The clamp attachment struck the employee's left leg, knocking her to the ground. Then the clamp truck ran over her right foot. The employee sustained fractures and lacerations to the foot and toes.

An employee was hospitalized due to possible heat stress.

An employee was rotating a motor on a cart. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the cart and an I-beam and was medically amputated.

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

An employee was walking down the off ramp from a box truck, carrying a door for delivery. A strong wind caught the door, causing the employee to lose balance and fall about 2 to 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and suffered a broken vertebra.

An employee was loading lumber from a rack into his truck by hand. He fell from the truck to the ground and sustained a fractured hip.

An employee was delivering lumber to a customer's job site. He was using a truck-mounted forklift to transport the material to the staging area. The surface of the path of travel changed from asphalt to soil and rock with a slight downward grade. When the forklift moved onto the softer surface, it sank into the ground and its center of gravity shifted forward, causing it to tip over. The employee's right arm sustained a closed, supracondylar humerus fracture.

An employee was helping two forklift operators move and inventory flat sheet metal that was staged on racks. The metal fell off one side and struck the employee's arms and abdomen. The employee sustained a laceration above the left eye, a left forearm injury, and a ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was cleaning a press machine when their right ring finger became caught in the press, resulting in the amputation of the finger.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.