Lozier Corporation

An employee was repairing a hydraulic lift table and installed a locking chock on it. As he was working, the lift table collapsed, pushing the chock out and crushing his left arm. He sustained a fractured radius and ulna. The lift table was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was placing a box on a belt conveyor when the employee's left thumb was caught and amputated at the tip.

An employee's hand was on a spindle that controls flaps on a CNC saw machine. The flaps move up and down to guard and remove boards from the saw. The employee's left thumb was caught between the flaps, resulting in an amputation.

An employee began experiencing nausea and dizziness due to heat illness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was forming a part on a press brake. His left middle finger was pinched between the part being formed and the face/ram of the press brake, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting and repairing a scissor lift. His hands were on a cylinder when it amputated his right index finger.

An employee was using a staple gun to attach a head onto a door unit when a staple shot into his left wrist, resulting in a puncture wound.

An employee was ripping a 1/2-inch board on a table saw. As the drop piece fell, so did the push stick, and it was pulled into the blade along with the employee's right index finger. The employee's finger was partially amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was running a piece of wood through a jointer machine. The wood caught and stopped moving, but the employee's left hand kept moving and contacted the blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the little finger, below the first knuckle.

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut weather stripping material and suffered amputations to their left thumb and index finger. The employee's middle finger was also lacerated.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.