North Central Insulation

On May 22, 2023, an employee was working as a framer and knelt on a nail that was on the ground. The nail penetrated his knee and entered the bone. He was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping down from one level to another, about 10 inches below, when he lost his balance and stepped on a protruding 3/8-inch rod. The rod punctured the sole of his right foot.

An employee was tearing a roof off when they walked onto a nail and sustained sepsis and blood clots in the left foot.

An employee was carrying a box of screws. The box flipped over and screws fell to the floor. One of them punctured his bootheel and the bottom of his right foot.

An employee was walking on the loading dock when a nail entered the sole of his shoe and punctured his foot. The employee sustained an infection and was hospitalized.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was closing a rear trailer door in the parking lot when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the pallet on the forklift and the trailer. The employee sustained muscle damage to their lower leg.

An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The machine lagged and cut the employee's finger. The employee required surgical amputation of the finger at the hospital.

An employee was climbing a 12-foot ladder when he lost his balance and fell from the eighth rung to the ground. He sustained multiple broken ribs, which caused lung punctures.

An employee was installing spray-on fire proofing from a scissor lift. The scissor lift tipped over and the employee fell, resulting in multiple fractures to their leg, shoulder, and skull.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.