PROGRESS RAIL

An employee was operating a crane on the railroad tracks to pick up sticks of rail to place in a gondola hopper. As the employee was transferring sticks of rail into the hopper, the sticks struck a power pole and then struck the employee. The employee sustained a lacerated liver, crushed kidney, three broken ribs and three broken fingers.

An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a bearing from a completed wheel set. A piece of metal broke off the sledgehammer and penetrated the employee's bicep.

An employee was dismantling a railroad car using a cutting torch and was struck by the end of the railcar and the slope sheet, resulting in a fractured right arm.

An employee was using an oxy/fuel gas cutting torch to dismantle a railcar when a small pinhole developed in the oxygen line near where the hoses meet the torch, causing a leak. Oxygen then migrated up the employee's sleeve inside his protective leather-cutting jacket and ignited. He received second and third degree burns on his right shoulder, armpit, and upper chest.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee had been loading a trailer. Their foot was caught in the trailer and/or trailer hitch, resulting in a severe laceration to a toe that required surgical amputation.

An employee was working on a railcar when they experienced heat exhaustion.

An employee was descending from a railcar to a platform when he lost his footing and landed on the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right foot and required surgery.

An employee climbed up on the tread of a crane to turn the batteries back on and was turning to step away when the battery lid opened back up. The battery lid caught his boot, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the tread. He then fell to the ground 36 inches below. The employee sustained a fractured femur head.

The injured employee was helping a co-worker pull wire through a conduit. The wire broke and the employee fell back and struck his right side against a tensioning coupler that was on the wall. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.