Polymer Industries, L.L.P.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was working with fiberglass and resins. The employee was hospitalized after having difficulty breathing caused due to chemical exposure.

The injured employee was letting air out of a winding shaft using scissors as a lift table was used to pull the roll off the shaft. The roll/cardboard core slid over the top of the injured employee's scissors and caused the scissors to amputate the employee's little fingertip at the nail base.

An employee was dropping off a skid of laminate to be cut at a table saw. The skid was lifted and the forks tilted forward when the stack slid forward and struck the injured employee. The employee was pinned between the laminate and the table of the saw, resulting in a back fracture and a laceration to the liver.

An employee was using a machine to cut a roll of plastic sheeting. The employee's right hand was at the end of the roll, and when the cutting mechanism of the machine cycled, the employee's right middle and ring fingers were cut, resulting in amputations to both fingers.

An employee was running acrylic film through an automated winding machine which wraps film around a cardboard cylinder core. He noticed that the film had slipped off the winder. He went to the front of the machine to re-attach the film to the winder spool. His fingers got caught between the film and the spool and his left arm was pulled up by the winder spool. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left forearm. Another employee injured their shoulder when pulling the first injured employee out of the machine.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.