Resource Material Handling

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

An employee was walking up the sidewalk to a patient's home on an uneven, cracked concrete surface. She stepped in a crack and fell, suffering an open fracture of the lower left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee had arrived at a patient's home and was preparing to deliver oxygen and durable medical equipment to the patient when the employee slipped on ice or snow and impacted the ground, fracturing the right tibia and fibula.

An employee slipped on steps located at a patient's residence and fell onto an oxygen tank that was on a cart at the base of the steps, suffering a puncture wound to the neck.

An employee was walking toward the company vehicle when he noticed that there was oxygen gas venting on the side of the van. He opened the tri-cock valve to bleed the pressure down from 120 PSI, opened the doors to vent the van for about 5 minutes, and then closed the doors. As he walked across the parking lot, he lit a cigarette lighter, which caused a flame to ignite on his left shirt sleeve. He suffered second and third degree burns to his chest and underarms, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.