Dakota Panel

A unit of wood was not advancing on a conveyor system. An employee cleaned a sensor and the system started moving, causing her right hand to be caught between the wood and the conveyor. She suffered a laceration, contusions, and swelling.

An employee was standing on the second level of pallet bay racking while removing shelving boards above him. As he moved, the boards he was standing on broke and he fell, breaking his left hip and bruising his upper left arm.

An employee was operating a banding machine and reached into the machine to remove a piece of wood. The platen that clamps the board closed on the employee's right index finger crushing the fingertip and fingernail.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Two employees were investigating smoke originating from a screw at the base of a dry fuel silo. While they were in the ground-level hopper area, a dust explosion occurred. Both employees were burned. One suffered burns to both arms, the face, and the left side of the torso; the other was burned on the face and chest, as well as suffering circumferential burns to the arms.

At 8:00 a.m. on April 22, 2025, an employee was responding to a tracking fault on the bottom head of a six-head sander. While he was straightening the belt, his right hand was pulled in, wedged, and lacerated. He was hospitalized.

An employee slipped and fell while sanding a plenum. The employee landed on their leg and was hospitalized with a broken tibia.

On January 20, 2025, an employee was walking between buildings when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left tibia and fibula.

An employee was swapping motor leads to change the rotation on a river well pump motor when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their hands and forearms.

An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.

An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a hook tool to pull a pallet onto the lift gate of a tractor trailer. The hook detached from the underside of the pallet, causing the employee to fall backward off the lift gate. The employee landed on the concrete parking lot about 5 feet below, suffering fractures to the skull and two thoracic vertebrae.

A skid loader backed over an employee's leg, breaking it.

An employee was walking on a truss table when he lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated and fractured left ankle.