Eaton Corporation

A maintenance technician was cleaning a piece of equipment that is used to pump grease when their hand became caught between a pulley and belt on the equipment. The employee sustained a right middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was working on a jet wheel blaster and putting dies into the machine when their thumb was caught between the moving table and a fixed part. The employee sustained a crush injury to the finger.

An employee was maneuvering steel bundles supported by an overhead crane. The employee's right hand was caught under or beside the bundle, and a fingertip was amputated at the last knuckle.

An employee was doing electrical work. An arc flash caused the employee to suffer third-degree burns to the chest and hands.

An employee had three baskets of parts stacked on a work table. The top basket slid off the table and lacerated her right thigh.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was operating a proof testing machine by loading it with the product to be tested. The employee's right hand was underneath the door area of the machine and the machine crushed her ring finger and little finger. The injuries resulted in amputation of both fingers up to the knuckle of the hand.

On March 25, 2025, a maintenance employee was elevated 19 feet in a scissor lift to troubleshoot an overhead shipping door that was not fully closing. The overhead door came down and pushed the aerial lift over. The lift struck the concrete floor of the shipping bay and the employee sustained a compound fracture to his left forearm and a fractured pelvis.

An employee was cutting a long piece of wood on a table saw in the maintenance shop. The wood kicked back, causing the employee's left hand to contact the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to their thumb tip.

An employee was building a magnet channel assembly. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught between two magnet plates, causing the amputation of about 1/4 inch of the fingertip.

An employee was bending a part on the brake press when his thumb was pinched between the part and the articulating lift, resulting in a crush injury and amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.