Motion Industries

An employee was getting out of the car when the strap on his bag broke. As he reached to grab his laptop, his walker moved, and the employee slipped and fell. The employee underwent hip surgery.

An employee was operating an order picker. As he was lowering it, his right ring finger was caught between its head rest and the shelf rack, causing a partial amputation at the tip.

An employee was backing a forklift up to a rack and his leg became lodged between the forklift and the rack. He suffered damaged muscle tissues on the left leg.

An employee was cutting hose from a spool and stepped on a piece of wire from the hose. The employee suffered a puncture wound to the left foot and twisted his left ankle.

An employee attempted to stop a moving belt and sheave when his fingers were caught in the rotating parts, amputating the second, third, and fourth digit fingertips on his left hand.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was installing a fuse in a machine cabinet. An arc flash burned the employee's left arm, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed truck while a forklift was being used to load a shelving unit onto the truck. The shelving unit slid off and struck the employee, who suffered contusions to the head and collarbone area.

An employee was operating an order picker that was raised 20 inches when they stepped backward and fell off the platform to the concrete floor. The employee struck their head on the floor, resulting in hospitalization with a head injury.

An employee was operating a side loader designed for narrow aisles to pick up pans filled with steel, which include 12-foot pans and others with 20-24 foot pans. The employee pulled the required amounts from the pans using a crane, and then packed and labeled the items for shipment to the loading dock. The side loader struck a pan, causing the cab to detach and land on the employee's leg, resulting in a fracture.

A delivery driver was helping a customer unload a strut. The banding around the strut broke loose and lacerated the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches and surgery to repair the patellar tendon.

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.