Piedmont National Corporation

An employee was operating a forklift in a warehouse. The employee was turning the forklift to go down a ramp to the dumpster when the brakes stopped working and the forklift went backward out the dock door. It landed on its backside on the ground and pinned the operator's right arm underneath. The employee sustained a fractured lower arm and wrist.

On October 5, 2020, an employee was pinned between a stand-up powered industrial truck and a storage shelf. The employee was hospitalized for possible broken ribs and facial lacerations.

An employee was reversing a standup forklift when his left foot was caught between the forklift and a pole. He suffered an abrasion to his left foot/lower leg.

An employee was traveling down an aisleway in a three-wheeled golf cart. They were moving around a parked forklift when a material cart came from the opposite direction. A wheel on the material cart caught a piece of racking causing the material cart to swing out and hit the injured employee's golf cart. The material cart continued to swing, hitting the injured employee's left leg. The injured employee was also knocked out of the golf cart and landed on the ground 2-3 feet away. The injured employee sustained fractures to the left leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was riding on a flatbed trailer when his left foot was caught between the trailer and a trackhoe. He sustained a laceration to his left foot that required stitches and hospitalization.

Employees were operating a baggage tractor on a service road. The tractor made contact with an aircraft's left wing and the seat of the tractor was ripped off. The employees were thrown to the ground. Two employees were hospitalized with injuries including a chipped tooth, bruises and abrasions, a dislocated hip, a fractured humerus bone, and a laceration to the left knee.

An employee was driving his vehicle (golf cart style) to an aircraft when he passed by two large baggage carts and was T-boned by another vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken left leg.

An employee was operating a forklift, which had a T-bone collision with another forklift. The employee suffered four broken right ribs, a bruised right lung, and skin bruising and was hospitalized.

An employee was descending a two-step ladder. She missed the bottom step and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip.

An employee was walking into an aisle from between machines when they were struck by a forklift that was turning in to the aisle. The employee sustained head trauma.

An employee was checking temperatures to a side seal assembly when the side seal bar pinched the inside of his right middle fingertip causing an amputation.

An employee was parking a standup powered industrial vehicle (PIV) after moving pallets in a warehouse when they struck a stationary forklift, resulting in an ankle injury.

An employee was operating a forklift with a hopper attached. The chain that holds the hopper in place was stuck between the forklift prongs. The employee was working to free the chain when the forklift forks fell on their left forearm causing a severe laceration.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.