United Rack Installers, Inc.

An employee was helping to set the pick on the anchors. The approximately 15-foot rail fell and hit the employee. The employee sustained an injury to the legs or spine, and a fractured foot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

The injured employee was standing at the base of a ladder assisting another employee install a TV on a wall. The TV was dropped, striking the employee. They sustained a head injury.

An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.

An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.

An employee was helping to lift a press roll in to fix an issue that was occurring. A co-worker lost their grip and the press roll fell onto the injured employee's left index finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.

Three employees were removing equipment from an old fermentation room at a bakery. They were using two bakery dollies to remove metal plates from the floor of the room. One of them was holding one of the metal dollies with his right hand on the side of the dolly, as a plate was being centered on the two dollies. The plate slipped and struck his right thumb, which was amputated near the last joint.

An employee was assisting with maintenance and servicing a conveyor that was making an unusual noise. The employee's right arm got caught in the conveyor between a belt and a roller. Their right hand and arm were crushed, resulting in amputation of the arm.

An employee was using a skid loader to clean an area of loose debris (straw shed). He was lowering the bucket when the arms/bucket of the skid loader pinned his feet against the step of the loader. The employee sustained fractures to both feet and was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping over a brace bar when they tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured forearm and dislocated elbow.

An employee was on a step ladder loading product. They fell off the step ladder and sustained a fractured back and hip.

A Merit Logistics employee was pushing an egg crate out of a trailer. While working to get it over the lip of the dock, she lost her footing. Crates fell on her, breaking her tibia.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.