Quad/Graphics, Inc.

An employee was trying to remove a blockage in a dust collection system. The airlock fan activated and amputated three fingertips on the employee's right hand.

An employee was disconnecting a truck from a trailer. While pulling the fifth-wheel release that the trailer was attached to, the employee lost balance and fell backward onto the concrete pavement, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.

Maintenance employees were replacing a gear box in the stacker of a press. After the replacement was complete, the stacker was restarted. The maintenance employees then heard a loud noise coming from the drive chain area and the injured employee went to check the chain tension when the machine amputated his right index fingertip.

While walking towards the office inside the warehouse, an employee slipped on a piece of debris (green strap) that was on the floor and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee was helping to change out a cylinder on a press. He was putting the cylinder arms down to put the cylinder in place. As he stepped over the driveshaft to pull the pin and roll the cylinders, he lost balance and started to fall forward. He dropped the cylinder arm to regain his balance and the arm came down on his right index finger and amputated the fingertip.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was operating a laminator and opened an interlocked guard to fix a crease in a web that was running. The employee's right little fingertip contacted a pinch point between the web and the roller and was amputated.

An employee was loading plates into a heat press when they lost balance. The employee went to catch themselves when the press actuated on their hand, crushing their right little and index fingers.

An employee was making a splice on a hanging roll of polyethylene. A forklift bumped the roll, which struck the employee and caused him to fall backward. His back struck a rolling cart and was injured.

An employee was lifting a catwalk to perform work underneath of it when his left thumb was pinched and amputated by the catwalk.

An employee was attempting to fix the autoloader on a binding machine when his right ring finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley, resulting in a partial amputation.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.