ABM Building Services

An employee was inspecting a bridge repair project. A gas-powered, walk-behind pavement saw, being used 12 feet away from the employee lunged forward, cutting his left foot. The employee's fourth toe was amputated and he was hospitalized.

An employee had been reviewing an insulated glass unit. The employee was placing the glass unit back in its box when it slipped out of the box and a chipped corner lacerated the employee's left hand.

An employee was on a truck while using a clamp to secure a quartz slab to an A-frame on the truck. A gust of wind pushed the slab onto the employee, resulting in a dislocated right shoulder and wrist.

An employee was shearing off two inches of metal when the metal kicked up and struck his hand. The employee's left ring and middle fingertips were amputated.

An employee was working on a 35,000-pound I.D. fan. As the employee rotated the blades with his foot, the blades continued to spin, lacerating his right foot and amputating a toe.

The belt on an air compressor had just been put back into place after turning upside down. An employee was working to take a picture of the identifying numbers on the belt so that a replacement could be ordered when the compressor rolled, causing the pulley to spin. The employee's right index finger was caught between the pulley and the belt, and the fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was receiving a 660-pound beverage vending machine for repair. While the machine was being moved from the back of the van to the lift gate, the caster wheel was caught between the van and the lift, causing the machine to fall onto the employee and pin him from the waist down. The employee was hospitalized with three pelvic fractures, a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), injury to a knee cap, and pain in the lower back/spine.

An employee was debugging/troubleshooting the teach sensor on a load-handling device (LHD) inside of a cell. The LHD unexpectedly moved to the home location and struck the employee on their head. The employee sustained a head injury, an aspiration-induced lung injury, and fractures to his lower back and right ankle.

The injured employee was holding a pipe while another employee was un-soldering a line. The line split apart and sprayed residual oil on the employee who was holding the pipe. The injured employee sustained second-degree burns to their left hand and arm.

An employee was using a miter saw to cut a piece of wood when the board jumped out from the saw, resulting in a partial amputation to his left thumb.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.