Metro East Industries, Inc.

An employee was removing a power assembly from a locomotive engine using an overhead crane. The power assembly became stuck, and two 1-inch lifting bolts failed as the crane continued to apply lifting pressure. This cause the power assembly to come back down and crush the employee's right hand against the engine housing. He suffered two broken bones in the hand, as well as tissue and ligament damage, and was hospitalized.

An employee was installing decking on the B-deck of an autorack rail car. The employee fell to the walking/working surface below, suffered fractures, and was hospitalized.

An employee was removing wooden 2-by-4 deck boards from a bulkhead flat railcar. He was using an overhead crane and lifting device to pull the boards up from the securement bolts. He was near the end of the railcar, removing the final groups of boards. The overhead crane's steel lifting device caught a 1/2-inch steel body bolster plate under the wood; as the crane began to lift, the lifting device slipped off the plate and flew into the air. It struck the employee in the face and right arm, causing non-displaced facial fractures and lacerations to the lip and gum line and a bruised right upper arm.

On 6/27/2018, an employee was attempting to remove a bolt from the control arm of a disassembled train locomotive wheel assembly. After he removed the nut, the arm shifted due to its weight and came down on his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

An employee was attempting to align railcar couplers when his left thumb was caught and partially amputated (60 percent) between the couplers.

An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.

An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.

Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.

An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.

An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.

An employee was using his left hand to push an axle down the line on a raised track work area while holding the remaining axle back with his right hand. A finger on his right hand was caught between the rail and the dust guard of the axle, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

An employee was sampling a railcar in a storage yard. After sampling the railcar, the employee was climbing down the railcar ladder when he fell off the top step of the ladder to the ground, resulting in fractures to six ribs, his right arm, and two vertebrae.

Employees were watering a train at a train platform. One of them went to step over a hose, tripped, and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken knee. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Employees were performing maintenance operations on a railroad line when the machine experienced a load conveyor motor failure. While clearing the machine to allow for repairs, an employee pinned the left side of the swing conveyor. The operator on the right side then requested a slight bump to the left to align the right side for pinning. Once the swing was in position, the operator went to pin the right side and the chain tensioner failed, resulting in an abrupt release of the swing chain. The chain snapped back and struck the operator s right hand, resulting in a 1-inch laceration and a fractured fifth metacarpal. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on the hand.

The injured employee loaded a container onto a railcar and then mounted the railcar to put in the locking mechanism for the container. The employee was struck by another container that a crane was loading onto the railcar and fell approximately four feet from the railcar to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, shoulder, and two ribs.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.