ATR Transmission Remanufacturing, Inc.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

On April 28, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, two employees were lifting a steel rework table off the ground. The injured employee dropped the table and their right middle finger was caught and amputated between the table and the floor.

An employee was doing automotive repair when a piece of metal flew off an air hammer bit and lodged on the employee's nose.

An employee was looking under the hood of a vehicle. The employee came into contact with a running belt and suffered a potential left middle finger amputation.

On January 26, 2021, an employee was adjusting the bed height of a hydraulic press. The table/bed adjustment handle slipped and the table dropped on the employee's right hand. The employee's thumb was crushed between the bed and one of the pins the employee had been adjusting, and the thumb tip was amputated without bone loss.

An employee on a step ladder was retrieving inventory from a shelf when he stepped back and fell off the ladder, suffering leg trauma.

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.