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Georgia Exports Company, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Georgia Exports Company, LLC in SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA
Employer Georgia Exports Company, LLC Report ID 2018043750
Address 1750 Highway 21 North City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA 31329
Event Date April 19, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Logs
Secondary Source Loaders, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 423310 Inspection # 1312433
GPS Coordinates 32.34000, -81.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to load a container with logs. The logs are picked up with a knuckle boom loader and placed onto racks for temporary storage. The racks are then pushed into 40-foot containers with a front-end loader. Jockey trucks are used to position the containers at/in the loading area. The injured employee was standing in the loading area helping to load a container with logs when a 19-foot log from the knuckle boom loader fell onto the employee resulting in a broken facial bone, a broken femur and a cracked right hip joint.

Incident Summary

On April 19, 2018, a worker at Georgia Exports Company, LLC in SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with logs identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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