Rescar Companies, Inc.

An employee was positioning a steel plate to be welded to the bottom of a railroad car. His left index and middle fingers were caught and broken between the plate and the car. He was hospitalized.

An employee was attempting to clean molten sulfur from the inside of a rail tank car with a pressure washer when he was exposed to an off-gassing of the molten sulfur. He was hospitalized with burns to his lungs.

An employee was unnesting tote bags when her grip slipped and the back of her left hand hit a box containing a steel step stool that was adjacent to the tote bags. The employee's hand was fractured.

An employee was cleaning up and putting away equipment when the second toe on her right foot was stubbed on a fixture, resulting in hospitalization and a subsequent amputation of the toe.

An employee was walking when he tripped on a concrete vault lid, jamming his big toe into the tip of his steel toe boots. The employee's big toe was medically amputated.

An employee was cleaning a bathroom. As the employee bent over, the corner of a sink hit the employee's right eyeball, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

On September 23, 2023, an employee was cleaning near a conveyor when they knelt with their right knee on the floor. Their knee contacted a small piece of glass on the floor, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

An employee was responding to a service request for a cable stripping machine that was making noise and not functioning consistently. While testing its function, the machine contacted the employee s right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the tuft.

An employee was using a handheld cordless electric torque wrench. The tool's reaction arm came into contact with the employee's left hand, causing an amputation to the middle finger above the first knuckle.

On August 6, 2025, an employee was preparing to weld a metal sheet that goes between containers and weighs 800 pounds. The employee was placing a two-foot wooden brace (4 by 4) under the metal, which was being raised by a crane operator using a magnet. The magnet shifted and caused the load to catch the employee's right index fingertip against the wooden brace, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was climbing up a ladder to the top of a railcar. The employee slipped and fell from the ladder, striking the coupler of the railcar during the fall. This caused the employee's body to shift, and they landed on their head/nose/face. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and internal bleeding.

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder on a tank car. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, 8 to 10 feet below, and broke both ankles.

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.