Vulcan Industries

A maintenance employee was working under a machine to diagnose why it was not working correctly when part of the machine lowered onto his head and neck, resulting in a cut to the head and neck.

An employee was operating a hydraulic press by foot pedal. Her right hand was on the press as she bent to retrieve parts that fell on the floor. As she reached for the parts, her foot activated the press and two of her right-hand fingers were caught in the die. Her pinky and ring fingers were partially amputated.

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.

An employee was troubleshooting a tabletop binding machine at a customer location when the machine cycled and contacted their left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

An employee was setting up a CNC bender to fabricate a new product prototype. A piece of tubing was drawn back into the bending machine and pulled the employee's right hand in with it. His fingertip was caught between the bending and damping dies and amputated.

At 10:15 a.m. on May 17, 2022, an employee was cutting a sheet of half-inch oriented strand board on a table saw when the saw blade contacted the employee's right hand. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated.

An employee was at a customer site to service a paper punch machine. The employee's left ring and little fingertips were in the die area when the machine cycled resulting in amputation of both fingertips.

An employee was pulling a part out of a reamer machine when his thumb was pulled into the machine, resulting in a partial thumb amputation.

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.