Stanley Black and Decker

An employee was walking up the stairs in an office area. Their right foot caught the edge of the stair at the top of the stairwell and they fell forward. The employee sustained a neck fracture.

An employee was performing continuity testing on an HVAC connection when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to their face and both hands.

An employee was moving a coil of metal with a crane using a C-hook. As he was moving the hook, his left hand was caught between it and a second coil of metal on the floor. His middle finger was pinched between the spine of the C-hook and the edge of the metal coil on the floor. He suffered an amputation to the flesh at the tip of the finger, as well as a fracture to the fingertip.

An employee rotated an arbor into position for the next setup of the slitter. The inward movement pinched the employee's left thumb between the arbor and the arbor lock. The employee's left thumb was medically amputated just below the knuckle.

An employee felt dizzy and lightheaded while working in the black oxide room with chemicals. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the lungs, chemical irritation, and skin blisters.

An employee was tying down a tractor on a flatbed trailer with tie down chains. He then stepped back off the trailer to the ground, and felt pain in his left hip. The employee sustained a torn hip flexor.

An employee was unloading tools. As they stepped off a lift gate of a box truck to the trailer, their left knee buckled, causing the right knee to buckle as well. The employee sustained a right knee fracture and a ruptured quadriceps tendon on the left and right leg.

An employee stepped down from a piece of fracking equipment into mud. He twisted his ankle and fractured it.

An employee was exiting his truck when he twisted his ankle on its ramp. He suffered a sprain.

An employee was getting into a semi truck when his back popped and he fell.

An employee was preparing to remove the drive chain of a conveyor motor. Their thumb became caught in the sprocket and chain of the drive motor, resulting in an amputation to the thumb tip between the nail and the first joint.

An employee was working with a drill press when his glove and forearm were caught by the drill bit, resulting in lacerations and fractures to his right forearm. The employee's arm was amputated below the elbow.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk when he stepped off the sidewalk into the grass. As he was stepping onto the concrete parking lot, he tripped over the edge of the concrete and fell onto his left hip. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was changing the cooling nozzles on an aftercooler and the pneumatic power was activated. This caused the top plate to move into the top position and crush the employee's right arm. The employee sustained a fractured arm.

On October 15, 2024, an employee was cleaning a drum welder with a rag. The machine pulled in the rag and injured three fingers on the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized with three partially amputated fingers.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.