JELD-WEN, Inc.

Employees went to the trim saw control panel to investigate a malfunction. They ascended the baghouse ladder. A chemical explosion occurred within the baghouse. Two employees sustained burns to their face, neck, and arms.

An employee was preparing a boiler for maintenance. The hatch doors to the boiler were being opened. After opening the left door, the employee began to open the right door; as the employee removed the bolts to open the hatch, the hatch dislodged from the top hanger supporting bracket, fell, and struck the employee's left side. The employee suffered fractures to the skull, collarbone, wrist, and hand, all on the left side.

An employee was transferring a load of bifold doors onto rollers. The employee's right ring fingertip was pinched between the rollers and the doors and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut scrap material when his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration to the top of the hand between the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was removing groove filler from a vinyl extrusion piece using a handheld cutting tool. The tool lacerated the back of the employee's left hand and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.

An employee was operating a drill and tap machine. He was placing a part with his right hand and removing a part coming in on the left side. He saw a part that was crooked and went to straighten it. The machine clamped down on his left index finger, degloving the top part of the finger and resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was performing maintenance on a roll cutting machine in a warehouse. The employee was removing excess grease from the bearings when the machine's chain caught their right index finger. The fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket.

During fiberglass work, an employee mixed a methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) catalyst with a cobalt chemical that they thought was a dye. A chemical reaction occurred, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained second-degree burns on his back and a blister on his right arm.

An employee was walking when she tripped over a box on the ground and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a severe dislocation to the hip and leg that required surgery.

An employee was cutting material on a straight saw when the blade lacerated her right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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.