3M Purification Inc.

An employee tripped on a stand while placing goods on a pallet. She fell to the floor and suffered a broken femur. She was hospitalized.

At approximately 10:25 AM, an employee was walking up a stairway where the railing had been removed for a tank installation. When the employee walked up the stairway and reached for the missing railing, he lost his balance and fell off the side of the stairs, fracturing his spine and pelvis.

An employee was walking in a store when she tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained rib fractures.

An employee was walking through a hallway when they tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip and femur.

An employee was walking on a concrete patio near the work site when he tripped and fell on his right side resulting in a fractured right femur.

An employee was loading a vehicle for mail delivery when she turned, tripped, and fell in the parking lot. The employee struck their head on the pavement and suffered a concussion.

The injured employee had been talking with another employee. As they went to turn around and walk, they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee was in a physical altercation with a colleague when his hip was fractured.

An employee was working on an assembly line in the production facility. He was on the south part of the aisle, checking for debris in the system, and went to remove a screw. His left foot became caught in a wheel on a track along the assembly line. All of the toes on his left foot were amputated.

An employee tripped while assembling machinery components and fell to the floor, suffering a broken leg.

A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.

On July 3, 2024, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was installing a pulling sheave in an electrical gear when they received a high-voltage electrical shock and sustained arc flash burns.

An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.

An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.