Vibration Mountings and Controls, Inc.

An employee was moving metal with an overhead crane. The metal started moving fast near a table and the employee's hand was crushed between the metal and the table.

An employee was drilling compression plates and clearing scrap metal when his glove was caught and pulled into the drill bit. The employee sustained the amputation of three fingertips.

An employee was cutting metal using a band saw when his left forearm contacted the blade. The employee sustained a laceration that required surgery for a tendon and hospitalization.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was using a hand tool to cut a mooring line at a marina to demonstrate equipment to customers. The hand tool broke and struck the employee in their left eye, lacerating the cornea.

An employee had just gone through a roll-up door and closed it. The rope used to pull the door down caught her foot and she fell, breaking her left kneecap.

An employee was retrieving a bottle from inside a permeability plugging tester machine when the machine began moving. The employee sustained a left ring fingertip amputation.

An employee was changing the bottom die on a hydraulic power crimper. Their left thumb was crushed between the two die components when the crimper engaged, resulting in thumb fractures.

A chemist was finishing a reaction. He added paraformaldehyde to a Grignard solution in a 5-liter glass jacketed reactor. The reaction mixture over-pressurized and the reactor shattered, spreading shards of glass throughout the room. The chemist sustained lacerations to the chest and thigh.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.