Crown Lift Trucks

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

On June 6, 2025, an employee was performing maintenance on a vertically-stored dock leveler. After completing the hydraulic repair, the employee went to exit the work area when their pant leg got caught on the bumper of the dock leveler. This caused the employee to lose their balance and fall out of the open dock door, approximately 37.5 inches. The employee sustained a lower left leg fracture.

An employee was manually moving a forklift battery in its compartment when her right index finger was pinched between the battery and the top of the compartment. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

On April 30, 2024, while at a customer location loading equipment onto a flatbed trailer for transport, an employee was injured when the trailer settled downward and pinched the employee's left foot between the equipment being loaded and the dock plate. The foot was fractured.

An employee was installing a dock leveler at a customer location. Cardboard was under the plate and a pry bar was used to lift the dock plate to remove the cardboard. The pry bar shifted and the dock plate fell on the employee's left ring and middle fingertips resulting in amputations.

An employee was fixing a mechanical casket lift in a vehicle when the lift came down on their left-hand fingers, resulting in amputation of two fingers.

An employee was helping to remove the clamp attachment paddles from a forklift so they could then repair a hydraulic leak. The clamp fell and pinned the employee's right ring finger against the mast. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was on a truck attempting to stow an aluminum extension ladder onto the truck's conveyor boom system. As the conveyor mast was lowered, the boom control area came down on top of the employee's left foot, resulting in two toe fractures.

An employee was standing on the elevated forks of a forklift to install the fork chain anchor nut. The employee slipped and as he went to catch himself, he accidentally engaged the up-down control for the forks. This caused the forks to fall onto his foot. The employee's right foot was crushed and all of his right toes were amputated.

An employee was working on a scissor lift when a portion of the unit came down and struck their head at the lift base. The employee sustained a head laceration and a skull fracture.

An employee was sorting sucker rods. His right hand was caught in the area where the rod hits up against the frame and his index fingertip was amputated just below the nail.

An employee was using a powered miter saw to cut 2x4's. The saw blade hit something inside a board (possibly a hidden nail) and jumped, causing a laceration to the employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized with soft tissue and tendon injuries that required surgery.

A crane had been used to set a steel plate on a steel frame. An employee was trying to remove a clamp from the plate when the plate fell and crushed the tip of his left little finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating a scissor lift, raised to a height of about 15 feet, to inspect an overhead crane rail. The crane itself was being moved. Its hook swung into the scissor lift s arms, causing the lift to tip over onto its side, which in turn caused the lift and the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered injuries including broken ribs, spinal fractures, scapula fractures, and internal injuries.

A technician was operating a crane hoist to lift/remove a cylinder head from the main engine (port). The load was lifted at an angle, causing the cylinder head to get stuck on the cylinder head studs. When it became free from the studs, the cylinder head swung. It struck the technician and caught them against the cabinet door. This resulted in an amputation of their left index fingertip at the distal knuckle.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.