Distribution International

On May 7, at approximately 10:24 AM, a temporary employee was standing on a platform while insulation was being rolled on a laminating machine's mandrel when his hand was pulled into the rotating mandrel. He suffered a cervical fracture in his neck and two fractured bones in his right arm, requiring hospitalization and neck surgery.

An employee was walking from the back of a warehouse to an office when a bundle of rolled insulation fell and struck her, knocked her down, and rolled on top of her. She suffered a head injury.

An employee was using a stand-up reach forklift to unload material. As the employee backed up, he was pinned between the forklift and a wall. He tried to exit the forklift but suffered a broken pelvis and internal bleeding.

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was installing a fuse in a machine cabinet. An arc flash burned the employee's left arm, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed truck while a forklift was being used to load a shelving unit onto the truck. The shelving unit slid off and struck the employee, who suffered contusions to the head and collarbone area.

An employee was operating an order picker that was raised 20 inches when they stepped backward and fell off the platform to the concrete floor. The employee struck their head on the floor, resulting in hospitalization with a head injury.

An employee was operating a side loader designed for narrow aisles to pick up pans filled with steel, which include 12-foot pans and others with 20-24 foot pans. The employee pulled the required amounts from the pans using a crane, and then packed and labeled the items for shipment to the loading dock. The side loader struck a pan, causing the cab to detach and land on the employee's leg, resulting in a fracture.

A delivery driver was helping a customer unload a strut. The banding around the strut broke loose and lacerated the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches and surgery to repair the patellar tendon.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.