Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was going on break in the company break area. The employee reached in to move the chair underneath them as they sat down and their right index finger was pinched between the pan of the chair and the frame. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was placing transport wheels to move a pump housing when their left ring finger got caught between the pump housing and a transfer wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

On June 24, 2019, at 1:20 p.m., an employee and coworker were attempting to install a transverse compartment box weighing approximately 60 pounds in the back of a cab when the box slipped out of the employee's hand. The employee's left index finger was then pinched between the box and the wall of the cab, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was positioning a stand-up lift truck to pick up parts. When the operator turned the steering wheel, a tire on the lift grabbed the floor. The lift swung around, causing the operator to fall out of the lift. The operator fell up against racking and the lift pinned him between the rack and the lift fracturing ribs.

An employee was lifting a motor and reaching to place it on a machine when they sustained a back injury. The employee was hospitalized.

On 12/22/2023, an employee was carrying bins filled with pasta to a refrigerator. As he lifted a 20-pound bin, he felt pain in his lower back. The employee sustained a herniated disc.

An employee was lifting a patient when they pulled a back muscle. She suffered back pain and spasms radiating into her leg with weakness and numbness. The employee's L3-L4 disc was herniated and she was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting boxes when they suffered a strained back, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was lifting a bundle of insulation with a colleague when he felt severe pain in the right side of his lower back/hip region. The employee sustained a severe muscle injury.

An employee was walking down a hallway In front of offices when she tripped over a door mat and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

An employee was loading seats in the back of a bus. They were using their left hand to pull a seat conveyor from the rear of the bus and had their right hand on the rear of the conveyor. The seat platform folded down, pinching their right index finger between the platform and the conveyor. The employee sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.

On April 8, 2025, an employee was wheeling a utility cart containing transport parts and was backing out of a door when the cart tipped onto the employee and they fell. The parts fell onto the employee, resulting in hospitalization with knee, foot, and back pain.

An employee was stepping from the cab of a truck onto a portable ladder when the ladder slid, causing the employee to fall to the concrete shop floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their nose, left wrist, and right humerus.

An employee was struck by a the back of a forklift while standing on a stand-up tugger. The employee suffered four or five fractures to the leg.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

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 operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.