An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.
An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.
An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 334419)
An employee was operating a mica disc punch press. While the employee was working to clear material from the press, it cycled and amputated the tips of their left thumb and index finger. The press was guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was repositioning a wire that would not advance in a crimping machine when the machine closed on her right index finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was repairing a benchtop wire processing machine that is used to make wire harnesses for commercial applications. A guard had been removed in order to access the components. The employee was testing the "trigger" sensor of the machine and adjusting the blades when the machine actuated and a blade amputated part of his left index fingertip.
An employee was moving a large safe weighing approximately 625 lbs. with a dolly that was specially-designed to move the safe. The safe fell from the dolly, struck the ground, fell forward onto the employee, striking their right hip/pelvis area before rolling off the employee onto the floor. The employee sustained a right hip/pelvic fracture.
An employee was checking the industrial waste stream as it discharged into a 4,000-gallon waste collection tank. The employee's right wrist was splashed with corrosive chemicals, resulting in hospitalization for a chemical burn.
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.