Caravels, LLC

The injured employee was cleaning up tools and equipment around a transformer that was being assembled. Other employees were removing the mobile work platforms from around the connections lattice of the transformer. The connections lattice fell over on top of the injured employee, causing fractures to their ribs, pelvis, and foot.

An employee was preparing to remove enamel from copper leads by soaking them in a liter container of formic acid when one of the bottles fell. The employee was splashed with formic acid, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face.

An employee was pushing the head unit on an automated cable-wrapping machine along its roller bar tracks. The employee's right hand was caught between the head unit and a support mount on the roller bar tracks, causing a partial amputation to the little finger.

An employee was elevating a scissor lift while inside the lift's basket when one side of the scissor lift's guardrail system became caught on the guardrail system of an adjacent stationary lift. The scissor lift the employee was in then toppled over and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs on the left side of his body.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

An employee was being trained on a winding machine when his glove became stuck on tape. While freeing his glove, the machine was activated and started winding. His arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured left forearm.

The injured employee was cleaning up tools and equipment around a transformer that was being assembled. Other employees were removing the mobile work platforms from around the connections lattice of the transformer. The connections lattice fell over on top of the injured employee, causing fractures to their ribs, pelvis, and foot.

An employee was preparing to remove enamel from copper leads by soaking them in a liter container of formic acid when one of the bottles fell. The employee was splashed with formic acid, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face.

An employee was using a crane and an L-shaped lifting device to remove a coil of aluminum material off a de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device got hung up on part of the de-reeler. The L-shaped lifting device slipped off and struck the employee in their right side. The employee sustained internal lacerations to their liver and kidney.

An employee was setting up a machine. The machine's jog function was activated while the employee's left hand was on the rotating table of the machine, and the hand was pulled into the next station of the machine. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the wrist that cut an artery, and they required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.