Baldor Electric Company

An employee was testing a 20-horsepower motor when his left ring finger came into contact with the 100-pound rotor, which was spinning at 10,000 rotations per minute. His finger had to be surgically amputated at the second joint.

An employee's left small finger was amputated while operating an overhead hoist. The equipment was not locked or tagged out and was unguarded at the time.

An employee was completing a sensor replacement on an air-cooled chiller unit and went to sit on a 5-gallon bucket during a rest break. He experienced sudden stiffness in his left knee, causing him to fall backward and strike his back on a pipe hanger. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae in their lower back.

An employee was sitting at their computer when they fell off their chair, resulting in an S4 compression fracture in their spine.

An employee was sitting on a tall teller chair in a bank drive-through. She leaned forward in the chair when it rolled out from under her. As she fell, a metal footstool that was positioned under the teller station was knocked over. The employee fell on top of the footstool and suffered a puncture wound on the right side of her abdomen from one of the metal legs on the footstool.

An employee fell out of a chair, resulting in an injured ankle that required surgery to repair.

A switchboard operator leaned back in her chair and the chair tipped over. She fell backward and struck her head on the floor, sustaining a subarachnoid bleed.

An employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on ice near the gutter downspout and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to their right hip at the proximal end of the femur.

An employee was operating a hammer machine to forge a heated nickel alloy billet. A fragment of the material broke off and struck the employee in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to have the piece of metal removed from his abdomen.

An employee was taking the temperature of a furnace and a foundry crucible when the crucible broke and splashed molten metal onto the employee's back and neck causing burns. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was welding a steel casting (weighing approximately 650 lbs.) when the casting moved and fell on his right foot, resulting in a crushed right foot. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting a component into a water blast machine when their right middle finger got caught between the lifting hook of the hoist and the component resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.