Corning Incorporated

An employee was opening the milling machine when they began experiencing respiratory issues such as a running rose, coughing, and eye itching from the milling machine vapors. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking down stairs when his foot caught the last step and he fell to the floor. He suffered torn tendons and ligaments in both knees.

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a machine. He was lubricating the pulley chain using a rag when the machine cycled and the rag and his right hand were pulled into the pulley chain causing two fingertip amputations.

An employee was walking down stairs when she slipped and fell, fracturing her right medial malleolus.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was walking to their vehicle in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained fractures to their left knee and ankle.

An employee was walking to their car in the parking lot. Right before getting into their car, the employee stepped on an elevated island curb and slipped and rolled their ankle. The ankle was dislocated and fractured.

An employee was using a can seamer in the research and development lab when their left index fingertip got caught between the seam press and the rotating can, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

On January 29, 2024, employee 1 was removing a 55-gallon drum from the stock area when it tipped over on its side. Employee 2 tried to lift up the drum with a forklift, but the drum slipped off the forks and crushed employee 1's right little finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

An employee was removing parts from a sonic cleaner, which had a steel metal lid held up using hydraulic shocks. The lid came down on the employee's left little finger, resulting in amputation.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.