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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2020010225 · 1/8/2020 · Waste Management of Georgia, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple foot (feet) locations
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name
Waste Management of Georgia, Inc.
Location
6019 Habersham Street, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31520
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to connect a container dumpster to a roll-off truck when another employee engaged the hook lift system of the truck. The employee's left foot was then caught between the metal hoist rails of the truck, causing deep lacerations to the left foot and the first and second toes.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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