Pitney Bowes Inc

An employee became dizzy while sorting packages on a conveyor line. The employee fell, striking his head on the concrete floor.

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor when his arm was caught between its rolls. He suffered a torn muscle and nerve inflammation in the arm.

A driver backed a truck up to a loading dock door and then went into the building to unload the truck. When he mistakenly opened the doors to a truck in an adjacent bay, that truck started to pull away. The driver then jumped from the dock and landed on the ground below. He sustained a fracture to the left leg below the knee that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was pushing metal sheets through a plate roller when the roller caught his gloves and his hands were pulled into the roller. The employee was hospitalized and required surgical amputation of two fingers on his left hand and surgery on two fingers on his right hand.

An employee was prepping a dip pot for cleanout. He was moving a utility cart into position. While moving the dip pot onto the cart, hot weatherstripping product spilled out of the pot and onto the employee's hand. The employee sustained burns to his left hand and wrist requiring hospitalization.

An employee was operating a bandsaw to cut a metal tub when the saw blade amputated his left little fingertip.

An employee was forming a part to put in the bin when her hand became caught in the die of the press. Two fingers were crushed. The employee sustained amputations of their right index and middle fingers at the joint closest to the fingertips.

An employee was cleaning up a paint gun when they drank paint thinner from a water bottle. The employee was hospitalized.

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.