Worker suffers severe leg injury at Georgia Pacific plant, Rome GA
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A 21-year-old male worker at the Georgia Pacific wood plant near Mays Bridge Road suffered a severe leg injury when a strapping load hit him and cut a portion of his leg. EMS and fire services were dispatched to assist at the scene.
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07:29
Transcript:
00:00
Back to full again, this, respond to near Mays Bridge Road, near Mays Bridge Road, Georgia Pacific wood plant.
00:09
Have a male advising he's cut a chunk out of his leg so trying to get further.
00:18
Fun with EMS and fire to near Mays Bridge Road, near Mays Bridge Road, Georgia-Pacific.
00:26
Have a male that has cut his leg.
00:30
He's about he's cut a chunk of his leg.
00:32
We're trying to make contact with him to advise someone what's going on.
00:39
10-4[1], I'll be cold on.
00:43
10-4[1]. 10-4.
00:46
Forty-two cents.
00:50
Okay.
00:54
And she's not bleeding, but...
01:10
Dispatch to engine 7 and squad, respond to EMS and PD to near Mays Bridge Road, Georgia-Pacific, have a male advising that he has cut a chunk of his leg.
01:23
We're trying to make contact with someone and get more information.
01:30
Okay, so.
01:33
Squaw firm.
01:39
Everyone dispatch, repeat that please.
01:43
People, we have a caller on the line.
01:45
He's at near Mays Bridge Rose, advising he's cut a chunk of his leg,
01:50
possibly off. We're trying to get further.
01:54
We're still trying to get more information.
01:56
I'll try to update.
01:58
No wonder.
02:00
Never.
02:10
21 year old male,
02:13
he's advising that he was strapping down the load and it came back and hit him.
02:17
He's going to be in the back past the low dock in the strapping area.
02:23
Okay, Morton.
02:27
Female fallen hit her head her head.
02:30
She is confused, conscious flirt.
02:32
Red.
02:37
Submin around.
02:46
5 battalion.
02:47
You're responding to near Mays Bridge Road, near Mays Bridge Road, Georgia-Pacific.
02:52
Have a 21-year-old male.
02:55
Just cut a portion of his leg.
02:58
Send by further.
03:04
Smart 5.
03:07
Same one.
03:13
Two, yearnought to near Mays Bridge Road, near Mays Bridge Road.
03:18
I have a 21-year-old male that's called if he's cut a chunk out of his leg.
03:25
Advising a bar came back and hit him in the leg.
03:29
He is conscious alert.
03:33
Biza, he's going to be in the back past the loading dock in the strapping area.
03:40
Hey there's side.
03:44
Swap-off.
03:46
Same one.
03:50
Just like to have meant to visit tune four to try using the tourniquet.
03:57
Yes, sir.
04:00
Are you still out with him?
04:04
I'm not.
04:09
Okay. I'll make contact with the parent.
04:11
Do you mind running back over there, 36, one of you, just lay eyes on and hang out with him for a minute until Mom or Dad can get there, please?
04:22
Seven dispatch.
04:23
It's a train admission.
04:26
Ten-four, is it ten-four for this subject to attempt to use a tourniquet?
04:31
Okay.
04:34
Third train, four? I got medical personnel on site.
04:43
35 dispatch.
04:44
I'm on the property you're trying to locate.
04:45
Where is this supposed to be at?
04:50
And PD is in the area attempting to locate.
04:57
Follow them to just hold pressure if they can, control the plea.
05:09
Medical questions, EMS, if possible, please.
05:14
Ten, four, thank you.
05:20
Dispatch of Med 2.
05:27
35 dispatch.
05:28
I'm following security in here but they don't know where he's at either.
05:36
2435.
05:38
Dispatch from Med 2.
05:47
Okay.
05:49
We have station off radio 1072.
05:58
The complaint is one of those.
06:00
Should he use a turret on his leg? He's got it elevated.
06:04
He's got it elevated.
06:08
...to apply to apply direct pressure to the wound and wrap it with whatever they have available.
06:22
Thank you. Met two is five minutes out.
06:26
Okay. Okay.
06:31
MS is advising there about five out and we do have fire responding also.
06:38
They're probably going to need Nescore back here unless they know exactly where to go.
06:41
I'll have the security try to meet them back up there when I can never I get to them.
06:46
Ten, four.
06:52
Seven to dispatch.
06:53
We're coming up on the Georgia Pacific entrance.
06:56
Are they going to have somebody waiting on us?
07:03
Dr. P.D.
07:04
is advised you're going to need to export to get back to where the patient is.
07:10
Save them, couple.
07:15
Thank you.
07:16
Ten.
07:17
Ten.
07:23
Tenor seven of just by, there was nobody up here.
07:25
We're coming in the black entrance.
07:28
You make contact with them, please.
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10-4: Affirmative (Acknowledgment/Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Mays Bridge Rd SW, Rome, GA 30165
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