Apex Tool Group, LLC

An employee was forming parts on a brake press when his right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was setting up a drill press. The employee's shirt and hair were caught in the drill bit, causing injuries including a right ear injury, a broken left pinky finger and scalping.

An employee was operating a drill when his right thumb came in contact with the running drill bit, damaging his tendon.

An employee was operating a brake press. She reached for a piece of metal and stepped on the press pedal. The press cycled and partially amputated her right middle and ring fingers, requiring surgery.

An employee and a contractor were using a scissor lift to reach the top of the black powder spray booth where steel tanks are brought in to be painted. The employee was going to clean the top of the booth, while the contractor was going to work on the lighting in the area above the booth. The product-carrier which brings the steel tanks to the paint booth was not locked out. The product-carrier started to bring a steel tank to the spray booth and made contact with the scissor-lift. The carrier tipped the scissor-lift over. The employees were thrown roughly six feet when the scissor-lift impacted the ground.

On December 30, 2023, an employee was pulling a pallet into the back room when a forklift rounded the corner and ran over the employee's right foot. Three of the employee's toes were amputated.

An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.

An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.

An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.

A tow truck operator was operating his bed controls on the drivers side when another vehicle crashed into him. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur, hip, and left foot, as well as abrasions to the right knee and a laceration to the right wrist.

An employee was standing on some large wooden storage crates, adjusting a tarp to cover them. He fell from the crates to the parking lot ground, landed on his left side, and suffered several broken ribs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was remotely operating a 25-ton gantry crane with a magnet attachment to unload a steel plate (approximately 96'' x 280'') from a semi-truck to the ground in the steel yard. The plate struck the employee as it was being moved, resulting in three fractures to his right arm that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was polishing a guide pin using a CNC lathe when his left glove got caught on the chuck or tool and three of his fingers were pulled in. The employee was hospitalized and underwent reattachment surgery for finger amputations.

On May 2, 2025, two employees were lifting a pallet jack with a built-in weight measuring plate into the bed of a truck when the plate shifted as they were lifting it. The plate crushed and severed the injured employee's middle and ring fingertips. A fingertip was amputated.

An employee was cleaning a camera lens on a wheel dresser, a machine used to correct the shapes of grinding wheels. The employee's right index finger was caught between the wheel dresser and the grinding wheel being serviced. The fingertip was amputated at the first joint.

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.