Morton Buildings Inc.

An employee was working on a second-level roof area. He jumped down to a porch roof, fell through it, and struck the ground. He suffered broken bones and was hospitalized.

At 1:00 p.m. on July 26, 2022, an employee was three rungs from the top of an 8-foot ladder. The ladder shifted and he fell to the ground, breaking his left leg.

On July 21, 2022, an employee developed heat exhaustion while building roof trusses. After completing their shift, the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was guiding a skid steer when it ran over his leg. The leg was broken.

On February 21, 2022, an employee was using a tractor to push snow off and away from a dolly axle. The employee had shoveled most of the snow when they got off the tractor and positioned the bucket so they could slide the axle into the bucket. As the employee was trying to tip the axle into the bucket, their foot slipped on the ice and snow. When the employee fell, the I-beam on the axle crushed their hand against the side of the bucket, resulting in an injury to their finger.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were hospitalized.

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.