Universal Sanitary Equipment Mfg. Co., Inc.

An employee was trying to move a pressure vessel when it fell over. A stud on the top of the vessel struck and gouged the employee's stomach.

An employee was standing a steel bar on its edge when the bar fell onto his left hand, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

An employee was removing a jam from a blancher. As he went to remove the blade, he dropped it, lacerating his leg.

An employee was mounting a TV when they dropped it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

On May 4, 2025, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was using a table saw to cut notches in a piece of wood when the equipment kicked back, contacting their left index finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

On November 7, 2024, at about 12:30 PM, an employee was moving a cannon on a gantry crane when the straps holding the cannon broke and it fell. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed pelvis, multiple fractures, and other severe injuries.

An employee in the welding training booth was working to back gouge a weld on a 5mm plate. While grinding, the gouger high-centered and walked over the plate striking and severely lacerating the employee's left thumb.

An employee was walking when his foot caught residual adhesive from floor tape and he tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right hip.

An employee was adjusting a switch on the loading cradle for a metal tracer lathe. The machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.