Twin Disc Incorporated

An employee was changing a drill bit when the employee's hand was caught in the drill bit.

An employee was trying to move a pressure vessel when it fell over. A stud on the top of the vessel struck and gouged the employee's stomach.

An employee was standing a steel bar on its edge when the bar fell onto his left hand, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

An employee was removing a jam from a blancher. As he went to remove the blade, he dropped it, lacerating his leg.

An employee was mounting a TV when they dropped it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

An employee was at a customer site, helping align a belt on a machine, when his fingers were caught between the belt and a sprocket. He suffered fractures and avulsions, and the ring fingertip on his left hand was medically amputated.

On February 16, 2024, an employee was using a cutoff saw to cut up plastic tubing. The saw amputated the employee's middle and ring fingers.

An employee was pulling a pallet jack backward when she lost her balance and fell backward, striking her head on the floor and suffering a fracture at the base of the skull.

An employee was centering a component on an air press for final assembly when the machine cycled and their left thumb tip was partially amputated.

An employee was handling a pallet when a forklift broke the employee's right tibia. 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.