Garland Sales Inc.

On November 13, 2024, an employee was operating an automatic roller. She reached with her right hand to place a label on a carpet roll when the machine pulled her arm into the carpet roll, resulting in a fractured arm.

On May 1, 2024, an employee's left hand became caught in a tufting machine, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

An employee was attempting to free a piece of carpet that was jammed on a cut table when the table blade contacted the employee's hand, resulting in the partial amputation of the employee's right index and middle fingers. The cut table was guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was hospitalized after a piece of plastic from the insert of a carpet roll broke off and punctured the employee's left eye.

An employee was working on a cutting table when a roll of carpet fell off a forklift and struck the employee, who suffered multiple spinal fractures.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

On September 10, 2025, an employee was working to fix a slipping carpet on a conveyor. He went to lift the carpet and put it back on the top rail when the conveyor belt caught his right hand and a roller subsequently caught his arm. The employee was hospitalized with a broken forearm.

On July 31, 2025, two employees were walking near a friction wash tank when a rubber gasket on top of the tank blew. Hot water mixed with 50% caustic chemical sprayed out and rained down on the employees. Both employees were brought to an emergency shower and were neutralized with vinegar. One employee was hospitalized with chemical and thermal burns to their upper back and eyes.

On May 27, 2025, an employee had been sweeping the floor around the sort and grind line conveyor. She was wiping down the frame of the conveyor when her right arm was drawn up between the conveyor belt and the snub roller underneath the conveyor. She sustained fractures to her upper and lower arm.

On January 29, 2025, an employee was operating an extrusion machine. He put a broken piece of yarn on the secondary roller and his glove was pulled into the nip rollers. The employee's left little fingertip was partially amputated.

On December 20, 2024, an employee was preparing to remove the access panel for the rotary valve gear box underneath a washer in polymerization. When he began loosening the bolts from the rotary lock cover, hot water and steam pressure released and caused second-degree burns to the employees stomach, both thighs, and the left calf area.

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.

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.

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 slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

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.