Gardner Denver

On March 16, 2023, an employee was utilizing a forklift outside of the facility to clean up trash when the vehicle became stuck. The employee then went into the building to use another forklift to pull the stuck forklift out with a chain/hook. While pulling out the stuck forklift, the chain and hook broke, striking the employee in the head/face. The employee sustained injuries to the head that included a fractured skull, brain bleed, the loss of seven teeth, and lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was flipping a cylinder when their hand was caught between the cylinder and the floor resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating a crane with a sling to lift a cylinder from a basket when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the sling and the cylinder, crushing it and resulting in an amputation to the first joint.

An employee was operating an earth magnet when it was deactivated, creating a pinch point that amputated his right index fingertip. The magnet did not have a safety pin at the time.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

On September 22, 2025, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was conducting polishing activities on a lathe when the lathe contacted their right hand. The employee suffered amputations of the middle, ring, and little fingers at the middle knuckle and the loss of skin on the index finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was assisting water treatment plant personnel with changing a flange when their finger got caught between the two pieces. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

An employee was delivering steel pipes to a customer. The customer was helping the employee readjust the steel pipes on a trailer using a forklift when the pipes rolled onto the employee's hand, resulting in two crushed and broken fingers.

Two employees were moving a vertical turbine pump into a shop using a set of jacks. One of the jacks hit a small hole in the concrete, causing the pump to jump and land on one employee's right foot. The foot was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting sheet metal from a welding table using a crane hook. The sheet metal slipped out and amputated the employee's left ring finger above the top knuckle.

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.