Royal Vendors, Inc.

On October 29, 2015, at approximately 4:00pm, a maintenance technician suffered an amputation while troubleshooting an air cylinder on an evaporator foam fixture in the Tooling Department. The maintenance tech placed his left hand on top of the cylinder hole while looking at the right side of the cylinder. His arm inadvertently activated the lever in the down position and the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the cylinder and the hole resulting in amputation.

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 turned off a lathe machine, opened it, and used a push bar to push material into the lathe. The push bar was still in the machine when the lathe was reactivated. The push bar was then thrown into the employee's head, fracturing the skull. The lathe was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was preparing to weld when his left index finger entered the path of the weld, partially amputating his fingertip.

On October 29, 2015, at approximately 4:00pm, a maintenance technician suffered an amputation while troubleshooting an air cylinder on an evaporator foam fixture in the Tooling Department. The maintenance tech placed his left hand on top of the cylinder hole while looking at the right side of the cylinder. His arm inadvertently activated the lever in the down position and the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the cylinder and the hole resulting in amputation.

An employee tripped when the ice cream machine he was moving became tangled in his shoe lace. The machine fell over and landed on his left hand, fracturing four fingers.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.