Transportation Equipment Supply Company

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 positioning a part inside a restrike hammer (full revolution drop hammer). The employee was wearing his safety pullout devices (metal cable with wristlets) at the time. As the employee positioned the part inside the die, he tripped the machine with his palm. As the ram went to drop, his pullout device (cotton rope connection) broke away from the press and his right hand was crushed by the top die as it fell. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

A piece of sheet steel fell from a sawhorse onto an employee's right leg and foot, resulting in fractures.

An employee was removing the bottom die from an auto hammer. He was pushing the die out with his left hand when the die bar slipped and fell on top of his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a coolant door fault on a machine when the right door actuated and crushed his right index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.

At about 9:00 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was operating a lathe when a part jammed inside it. The employee was removing the jammed part when the machine's slide shifted, causing the lathe spindle to amputate his left ring fingertip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.