Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Legacy Housing Corporation, 184 Industrial Blvd, EATONTON, GEORGIA 31024
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a nail gun when it fired a nail into his thigh. He was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
More severe injuries at Legacy Housing Corporation
An employee was directing a toter tractor operator to park a manufactured home in the second yard. He attempted to mount the moving tractor while the operator was in the process of making a turn. He fell and was struck and run over by the rear tire of the tractor, injuring the left side of his body. He suffered fractured ribs and a fractured leg.
An employee was working to assess the operation of a high-pressure water nozzle. The water system was activated and the employee was cut by high pressure water on his left hand where the palm meets the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was sandblasting paint from a water tower when the blasting media sprayed across their forearm, resulting in an elbow injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 321991)
On September 5, 2025, an employee was installing gang plates on a structure when the side walls fell and hit her head. She then fell onto her back and the side wall pressed her to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to an ilium fracture and a transverse process fracture on the right side.
An employee was blowing cellulose insulation into the open attic area of a manufactured home. While the employee was holding the insulation hose, it caught on the guardrail of the catwalk/suspended walkway leading into the attic. The tugging motion caused the employee to lose their footing and step onto the sheetrock ceiling. The employee fell through the ceiling to the ground about 8 feet below and suffered a broken lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was on a scaffold caulking and painting a manufactured home. She fell off the scaffold an estimated 6 to 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor. The employee suffered upper body injuries and was hospitalized.
An employee was going up a ladder from the first level roof to the second level roof. The ladder slipped and the employee fell approximately 8 to 10 feet to the surface on the first level. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs and bruises on their arms and hands.
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.