Rule Steel Tanks, Inc.

An I-beam fell off the wood blocks it was sitting on and struck an employee in the foot. He was hospitalized.

An employee was handling steel sheets when a metal sheet fell and injured his finger, requiring hospitalization.

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.

An employee was disassembling a scrap headliner above a dashboard to recover automotive parts when their screwdriver slipped and contacted their right hand. The employee suffered a laceration that resulted in nerve damage, requiring surgery.

An employee was assisting in the removal of a filter dryer assembly from a support stand. The filter dryer was attached to an overhead crane during the time the mounting bolts were being removed from the support stand. Once the filter dryer was completely disconnected from the support stand, the unit became top-heavy and tipped over onto the employee causing a fracture to their right foot and lacerations to their upper right arm and upper back.

An employee was removing a 2,700-pound piece of metal from a horizontal mill. They were walking away from the machine when they slipped and tried to catch themselves on the metal, causing the large piece of metal to fall down onto their ankle. They sustained a compound fracture to their right leg.

An employee was standing on an elevated, unsecured platform to assist with the rigging and removal of a vessel from a work area when the platform tipped and they fell to the concrete floor, fracturing their pelvis and elbow.

An employee was repairing a CNC machine. A tool fell from the operator platform into the pit area below, a distance of approximately 3.5 feet. The employee descended into the pit using the access stairs to retrieve the tool. The employee's feet slid out from under him while stepping onto the cover, resulting in a fall and a fractured left hip that required hospitalization.

An employee tripped over a bin and fell to the floor. She landed on her hip and braced herself with her arm, resulting in a fractured hip and wrist.

An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.