Topaz Lighting Corp.

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

An employee was cutting a piece of foam on a table saw when he lost his grip on the foam and his right hand struck the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration.

At about 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee was loading a reflector onto a punch machine. The punch activated and cycled. It came down on the employee's left hand, resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers to at least the first knuckle.

An employee was operating a yard mule and fell from the vehicle, resulting in a broken hip.

At about 3:50 p.m., an employee was driving a forklift when it struck another, stopped forklift. She suffered an injury to her left ankle and was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.