Recycling Technology Consultants, LLC

Employees were removing fasteners from an aluminum side sheet of a railcar coal gondola. The side of the rail car collapsed onto the employees' lower extremities, resulting in fractured legs and pelvis and a head injury. Two employees were hospitalized.

An employee was walking by a masonry block wall at the side of a garage. A gust of wind caused part of the wall to collapse onto three employees, one of whom suffered a broken right ankle and a head injury that required staples. That employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning her workstation and organizing her files when a section of the acoustical ceiling (tiles and grid), adjacent light fixtures, and portions of the plaster ceiling above suddenly collapsed due to a prolonged, concealed steam leak that weakened the fastener connections. She sustained a cut to her head, bruise to her head, scratches on her neck, a scratch to her left hand, and irritation to her right hand, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was working in a trench box at an excavation site. When he exited the trench box, he sunk into mud up to his knee, suffering possible muscle trauma requiring hospitalization.

An employee was preparing a bundle of rebar for transport when a banding wire broke and pinned the employee's arm between the bundle and a stack of rebar, causing a right arm fracture that required surgery.

An employee was stepping down from his truck when he slipped and fell, twisting his ankle. The employee's ankle was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a loading ramp that was stuck open (upright). The employee went under the ramp to release it. When he pulled on a chain that was holding the ramp open, the ramp came down rapidly, striking the right side of his face (cheek) and the right side of his neck. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting off bracing from an 8 x 12' metal wall when the wall fell, striking the employee on their side and back. The employee sustained bruised ribs and two fractures in their back.

An employee was collecting trash on a residential garbage route. He became weak and unwell and was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.

A driver was climbing the rear trailer ladder to facilitate tarping when they lost balance, slipped, and fell approximately 6-8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.