Atlas Roofing Corporation

An employee was transferring hot roofing tar (350 degrees Fahrenheit) from the truck to the tank when the hose connection to the truck came off, spraying them with hot tar. This resulted in burns to both hands and arms from the elbows down and on the right side of their head, including their ear.

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt sensor when the belt advanced and caught the employee's hand. They sustained two finger fractures and a hand laceration.

An employee was replacing a chain on the palletizer machine when his hand was caught between the chain and sprocket. His left middle fingertip was crushed and surgically amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

An employee was lacing up on a roofing shingle maker. The machine caught the employee's hand, peeling off the skin from his left index finger to his left little finger.

Am employee was walking up to a parked lift to get some paperwork when the lift moved, striking his foot and breaking two bones.

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 coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Employees had just finished re-lacing a line through a machine. As they were preparing to make a splice, one employee's left index finger was crushed between two pull rollers. The finger was amputated.

An employee was replacing a pop-up roller between the drop plate table and the far stacker conveyor after clearing a jam. The pop-up roller became hung up on the frame of the roller flight conveyor. The employee s hand then became caught between the pop-up roller and the belts on the drop table. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right hand excluding the fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On May 6, 2025, a temporary employee was loading a sheet of fiberglass between two rollers on a roofing material machine. The top roller was not rotating. The roller fell and pinched his left ring fingertip, causing a partial amputation of the finger that required surgery.

An employee was about to dump sand from a hopper, raised on the forks of a forklift. As the hopper's weight shifted forward and it began to dump, the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the forklift fork and the metal frame of the hopper. The fingertip was crushed, and the employee underwent a medical amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

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 going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.