Norfolk Corporation

An employee was attempting to clear material that was on fire inside a lint cleaning machine. The employee turned off the power and reached in to remove the burning material. The blade cleaning drum was still rotating and contacted the employee's hand. As a result, the employee sustained a thumb amputation and fingertip amputations to the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee was painting a round module when a front-end loader ran over his right leg and crushed it.

An employee stood on a conveyor wall to unclog the cotton feeder. The employee fell on the moving conveyor and fractured his right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Multiple employees were using baling buckets to remove 750 gallons of 150-degree hydraulic oil out of a pit in a confined space for approximately 5.5 hours. The injured employee was standing on a ladder performing this task when they fell feet-first into the hydraulic oil pit, resulting in burns on both legs.

An employee was removing cotton build-up from a roller gin when their hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained soft tissue damage to their right hand and forearm.

An employee was using an electric module tarp roller to roll up used module tarps for storage. The employee's thumb became caught in the module tarp roller and his arm was pulled into the roller bar. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.