TPC Group

An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

An employee fell while giving a skiing lesson and sustained a broken leg.

An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee attempted to open a door while carrying packages when they fell and suffered a fractured left hip.

An employee was playing kickball as part of a team building activity when they fell and suffered a dislocated left foot.

An employee was applying pressure to a tank car loaded with caustic soda solution for post-load leak testing. He twisted the valve plug to check it for leaks when it broke free, releasing the caustic soda solution through the opening. The employee suffered chemical burns to both eyes and to his respiratory tract.

Employees were setting up an 8-inch sewer PVC pipe line. An employee was removing/rolling a scrap PVC pipe off the conveyor when their little fingertip was crushed between the end of the PVC pipe and the post for the overhead bus stop guard (fixed guard). The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was walking by an equipment battery (tank battery) when a leak occurred around a heater that caused a flash fire. He was wearing flame-resistant clothing and sustained burns to his palms and back.

Two employees were removing a recirculation pump from service at an evaporator. They were disconnecting pump flanges and couplings from the motor when boiling water burst out from the system. Both employees sustained second-degree burns to the chest, stomach, and arms.

On December 9, 2024, an employee was cleaning out a mixtruder. While he was retrieving some residual pieces of silicone left inside, its rotating blades caught the fingers of his right hand resulting in amputation of all four fingers. The thumb was left intact.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.