American Red Cross

An employee was walking to her car when she tripped and fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hip injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was intentionally struck by a car in the company's parking lot.

An employee was pulling a cart with 140-pound equipment down a wet ramp when she slipped and fell. The cart then struck her ankle and dislocated it.

On November 27, 2018, an employee drank contaminated water out of a previously unopened bottle and was hospitalized.

An employee was attempting to access the roof using a 14-foot fixed ladder. When he attempted to open the roof hatch, the weight of the snow on the hatch would not allow the hatch to open. The unexpected force caused the employee to fall off the ladder. He suffered three broken ribs and a ruptured spleen that required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.

An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.

An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide that was leaking from a kiln. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

An employee was inside a trailer with a running lawn mower and sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their knee and ankle.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a 1-inch x 1-inch board down to 1/2-inch to make repairs to a closet in an apartment unit. While cutting/feeding the wood through the saw, the edge of his right middle finger caught on the saw blade, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was walking to their work vehicle in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a back fracture and required surgery.

An employee was checking the air conditioning while standing on a chair when they fell to the floor and sustained a fracture to their hip joint.

An employee was stuck by a push cart while walking around a corner. She fell to the ground and suffered a broken hip. She was hospitalized.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.