REGISTER, GEORGIA—
Ajin Electronic Components USA Inc
Struck by object dropped by person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ajin Electronic Components USA Inc, 234 Bruce Yawn Boulevard, REGISTER, GEORGIA 30452 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was loading an automobile door from a cart. A second door was dropped and landed on his left heel, lacerating his foot and ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
Similar incidents · Same event type
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA—
GS II Building Products, Inc.
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.
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.
An employee and co-worker were working to unjam and move a 100-pound piece of crossed-up cant timber. The employee lost their grip and the timber fell on their right hand, resulting in crush injuries to the fingers.
SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
Maxion Wheels LLC
An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
TALLAPOOSA, GEORGIA—
HEXPOL Compounding PC, Inc.
Two employees were lifting a roll of steel poly bar (50 inches and approximately 150 pounds) from ground level to a height of 4 feet at the 66-inch rubber calendar. One employee dropped the roll, resulting in the poly bar contacting the injured employee's right knee. The employee was hospitalized with fractured right patella.
MACHESNEY PARK, ILLINOIS—
Macktown Construction Group
The injured employee was walking in front of the property by the front door as another employee was removing debris from the roof. The injured employee was struck by a 2 x 4 that was being cleared from the roof. He was knocked unconscious and sustained brain bleeding, as well as head and facial injuries, and required stitches.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 336320)
SALEM, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
An employee was retrieving empty plastic totes from a material storage area. The totes weighed 7.5 pounds and measured 15 inches in width, 24 inches in length, and 7 inches in height. The employee tripped over conveyor rails and fell on his left side onto the concrete floor, resulting in hospitalization with a ruptured quadricep tendon in his right knee.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
EVOLUTION ELECTRIC VEHICLES, INC.
At 11:50 a.m. on June 17, 2025, an employee was working on a 60-amp battery. As he was removing nuts with a wrench, there was an arc flash. The wrench welded itself to the terminals, and the employee suffered second-degree burns along the left palm, thumb, and index finger, as well as a burn on his right middle finger.
PARIS, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
On July 18, 2024, at 1:09 a.m. in the receiving dock area an employee was pushing a trash can toward the compactor as a forklift was operating in reverse. The forklift struck the employee's left foot causing three toe fractures, including an open fracture of the big toe. The injured employee was hospitalized.
BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS—
BorgWarner Inc.
An employee was clearing a jam on a line when his glove and hand became caught between a roller and conveyor. The employee sustained multiple lacerations.
SEGUIN, TEXAS—
Teijin Automotive Technology Texas, LLC
An employee was walking back to his forklift after stopping to remove paper from its forks. Another forklift struck him as it backed out of a semi-truck trailer. He was pinched between the side of his own forklift and the counterweights on the forklift that was backing up; he suffered a contusion from the top of his left thigh to his ankle.
More severe injuries in GEORGIA
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA—
GS II Building Products, Inc.
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.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc
A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA—
Alfa Insurance
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.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA—
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.
TRENTON, GEORGIA—
Bull Moose Tube
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.