International Fire Protection, Inc.

An employee was cleaning sludge out of a fire suppression system pipe using a pressure washer. They withdrew the pressure washing wand from inside the pipe and it projected water onto their left hand, resulting in a laceration on the palm between the middle and ring fingers.

A forklift came around a corner and ran over an employee who was hydrotesting fire hoses. The employee suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs, a possible broken arm, and a possible spine fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working from a walk board (placed on top of rafters), installing hangers for a sprinkler system inside a cooling tower. He was wearing a harness with a retractable lanyard at the time. As he was turning around to talk to his coworker, the walk board shifted and he fell about 6 to 8 feet, ultimately hanging by his harness about 40 feet above the base of the cooling tower. He was hospitalized with a laceration, soft tissue damage, and a blood clot to his left arm.

On December 30, 2023, an employee was pulling a pallet into the back room when a forklift rounded the corner and ran over the employee's right foot. Three of the employee's toes were amputated.

An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.

An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.

An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.

A tow truck operator was operating his bed controls on the drivers side when another vehicle crashed into him. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur, hip, and left foot, as well as abrasions to the right knee and a laceration to the right wrist.

An employee was working to unjam an auger screw. The screw caught his glove, resulting in a severe open fracture to his left lower forearm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was working in a warehouse without air conditioning on a day when the temperature outside was in the 90s. The employee developed heat stress, became ill, and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking in the middle of the track during heavy rain when he slipped on a rail transition and fell, hitting his arm on the rail. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.

An employee was scraping down the sides of a mixing machine. The machine activated and her right arm was caught in the auger, resulting in a fractured lower arm.

Two employees were conducting a roll change on a rolling mill machine using a porter bar and a counterweight sleeve. The sleeve slid back and crushed the injured employee's right index fingertip between the sleeve and the counterweight, resulting in a partial amputation.

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.