NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc.

An employee was using the manually operated (non-powered) plate bender to bend a plate when a part of the plate bender that he was holding (~20 inches long) slipped out of his hand and fell onto his left index finger causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was collecting trash when they were struck by a rolling utility trailer. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.

An employee was unrigging steel when an 8-inch by 50-foot, 4,875-pound piece of steel rolled onto their left leg, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.

On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.

Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee tripped over an object and fell to the ground, resulting in right elbow and right hip fractures.

An employee opened a 480-volt breaker box and reached inside the breaker box when an uninsulated tool came in contact with one of the legs, causing him to be electrocuted. The employee's arm also got caught on the box, resulting in breaks to both bones in the forearm.

An employee was disconnecting a truck from a trailer. While pulling the fifth-wheel release that the trailer was attached to, the employee lost balance and fell backward onto the concrete pavement, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.

An employee was operating a UV coater machine when it began to make a grinding noise. The employee was investigating the vibration of the machine when a gear caught their right index finger and amputated the tip.

A temporary employee was operating a seal machine to seal paper bundles. A jam occurred when the paper and plastic did not properly align to secure the seal. The employee went to clear the jam and the blade on the machine amputated their right middle finger.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.