Leachgarner

While walking to a work bench, an employee felt faint, went to sit down, and tripped over a floor scale. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

A steel tube fell from a straddle truck onto an employee's foot, causing the steel toe of the employee's shoe to press into the employee's left foot. The employee sustained fractured phalanges and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed trailer. The employee fell off the back of the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fractured left collarbone and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was bending material in a mechanical brake press when the press rotated and caught his right hand. His finger was crushed between the die and a steel plate, resulting in amputation of the finger.

An employee was cleaning pans containing adhesive by pouring acetone into the pans. After soaking, the employee used a plastic spatula to scrape the paint from the pan. During scraping, a fire spontaneously started underneath the employee near the pan. The employee threw the container of acetone out of the way to avoid it catching on fire, and spilled acetone onto his clothing, causing the fire to spread. The employee suffered burns to both hands and the right calf.

The injured employee was assisting a co-worker to transfer a V-baffle (large piece of angle iron weighing 736 lbs.) into a vessel shell. The injured employee stepped off the end of the vessel and fell backward. The employee sustained a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured left wrist, a fractured lower right leg, and a laceration to the left eyebrow.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.