GKN Aerospace

After a chemical leak at the plant, an employee reported heavy breathing and eye pain. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger while changing a bit on a router machine.

An employee was blowing chips off parts and fixtures with compressed air in preparation for the next machine set up when he tripped and fell over a tooling post, injuring his hip and requiring surgery.

On or about 11am, on 4/9/2015, a pipe fitter was working off an 8 ft. A-frame ladder about 5 feet off the ground, trying to loosen a valve on the nitric acid line. The valve broke loose spraying liquid onto the employee. As the employee attempted to block the spray, he lost his balance and fell off the ladder, cracking an L3 vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was walking from one building to another when he slipped on wet concrete and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and dislocation of the right patella.

An employee was operating a mechanical press and amputated their left index fingertip. The press was not locked out/tagged out.

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

An employee tripped over wire moldings and fell, sustaining a fractured left leg.

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.