Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Capstone Logistics, LLC, 1514 Old Dean Forest Rd, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31408
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading cargo containers, sorting and separating like items, and placing items onto pallets. The employee sustained heat stress and dehydration due to high temperature and humidity.
An employee was loading a trailer of automotive parts when the load caught the top of the trailer. He jumped up to clear a wedged item. When the item came down, the load collapsed onto the employee, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
An employee was performing maintenance on an a conveyor system. He was working to loosen the chain that moves the belt when his right index fingertip was caught by the chain and amputated.
An employee was walking on the dock when a forklift ran over their right foot. Their foot was crushed. The employee was taken hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was collecting pallets in the freezer when his foot slipped on condensation on the platform of the pallet jack and struck a post, resulting in a foot fracture.
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 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.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493110)
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
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.