Knipp Equipment

An employee was power washing a metal tank from an elevated platform. They fell through a gap between the platform and the tank. The employee landed on the ground and sustained fractures to their ankles and feet.

An employee was installing a metal roof when he stepped on a skylight. The employee fell through the skylight to the ground, resulting in head and shoulder fractures.

An employee was replacing an HVAC unit in a residential home. While he was in the attic space above the garage, the wood he was walking on broke, causing the employee to fall through the sheetrock to the concrete floor below. The employee bumped his head and sustained a shoulder injury as well as a broken ankle.

An employee was putting a tarp on a water tank while standing on a trailer. She lost her footing and fell through the trailer bed, striking the corner of the trailer bed. The employee sustained internal bleeding.

An employee was repairing a sub-floor in a residential house that had water and fire damage. The employee fell through the sub-floor and landed in the basement, resulting in spinal fractures that required hospitalization.

An employee was performing duct work using a flathead screwdriver. The tool slipped from his hand and cut his top left eyelid. He was hospitalized.

An employee was using a manlift to pull products from a shelf. He fell from the manlift to the cement floor about 9 feet below, suffering fractures to the pelvis and shoulder.

An employee was moving a valve in the floor that had a handle wheel in the top. When he pulled it, the handle wheel spun and smashed his hand against a piece of metal angle iron, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip.

An employee entered a manhole to assess repairs to a steam distribution line. As he went to inspect a valve on the condensate discharge line on the opposite side of the space, he stepped into a sump pit (14" in diameter by 18" deep) that contained hot water. The employee was hospitalized for third degree burns to his foot and ankle and second degree burns to his lower leg.

An employee was pulling tools up onto the roof. He laid on his stomach and slid off the upper roof onto the lower roof. When he landed, he suffered a dislocated ankle.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.