L-3 Communications

An employee amputated the fourth and fifth fingertips of the right hand while working on a milling machine.

On May 5, 2023, at 6:00 a.m., an employee parked and exited his vehicle. He stepped over a water hose that was laying on the surface of the parking lot. As he stepped over the hose, he lost his balance and tried not to fall, suffering a torn tendon in his right hip requiring hospitalization.

A temporary employee entered the elevator to go down and it began descending rapidly. The emergency system caused the elevator to stop suddenly, and the employee sustained a left leg fracture and strained back.

Two hospital transport employees were inside of an operating elevator when the elevator began to shake and came to an abrupt stop between S1 and S2. One employee sustained a fractured left ankle. The other employee sustained pain in both knees.

An employee was descending a stairway when her foot and knee twisted, causing her to fall forward. Two other employees prevented her from falling to the ground, but she suffered a torn right meniscus and a torn ligament in the left ankle.

An employee was stocking in a frozen food department when she was thrown off balance by an L-cart of freight and the tape around it. She stumbled and twisted her right ankle. The ankle was dislocated and fractured, requiring surgery.

An employee was walking from one building to another when he slipped on wet concrete and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and dislocation of the right patella.

An employee was operating a mechanical press and amputated their left index fingertip. The press was not locked out/tagged out.

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

An employee tripped over wire moldings and fell, sustaining a fractured left leg.

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.