Universal Electric Corporation

A CNC machine operator suffered an amputation to the left little finger, from the hail to the end of the finger.

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a cutting machine. When the jam cleared, the machine automatically started back up, amputating the employee's right ring finger.

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.

On August 25, 2025, an employee was cleaning a tablet press machine. The employee's right hand was near the point of operation when the machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb.

An employee entered the back of a CNC laser machine and was caught by the CNC laser head, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh and ankle as well as the back of their head. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was descending a scaffold ladder when they fell onto a step ladder and then onto the floor. The employee sustained fractures to their L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae.

An employee was walking and stepped over a 16.72-inch wall when their boot contacted the top of the wall, causing them to fall forward and strike the concrete floor with the left side of their body. The employee sustained fractures to four of their left ribs.

An employee was cutting a piece of 0.5-inch nylon tubing with a wire track cutter and amputated the tip of her right thumb below the thumbnail.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.