Hoffmaster Group Inc

On April 9, 2025, an employee was cleaning anilox rollers in a machine with a rag. The machine caught the rag and then the employee's left hand, resulting in amputation of the middle finger.

An employee was attempting to retrieve paper that had fallen into a labeler machine when the employee contacted the timing belt, amputating the left ring fingertip. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.

On December 17, 2016, at 7:30 a.m., an employee was jogging a machine while attempting to adjust a poly wrapper when a plate came down and amputated his left middle fingertip.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was walking in the warehouse when a forklift backed into the employee and ran over his foot and ankle.

An employee was cleaning under a gumbox. His right ring finger was caught under a gummer paddle, which amputated the fingertip.

An employee was removing a paper jam from an F-27 File Folder Single Lane Machine while operating it in jog mode. His left ring and middle fingers were caught in a roller, resulting in the loss of the fingertip pad on the ring finger.

An employee was working on a folder line. The folder line has two rotating cylinders that apply a stamp. The employee's right hand was caught between two running cylinders resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring and pinky fingertips.

An employee was putting glue into a AAA glue machine. The machine was running at the time. The cap fell off and fell into the machine. The employee reached into the machine to retrieve the cap and amputated his right hand middle finger.

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.