Hesselbein Tire Southwest

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was using a welder when their hand got caught in the roller, resulting in partial amputation of their middle finger.

An employee was rolling a rear tire for a tractor to a customer's building. The tire started to tip and the employee went to stop it by stepping into the middle of the tire. The edge of the tire struck his head and knocked him to the ground and the tire landed on his head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured and dislocated left hip that required surgery and a scalp laceration.

An employee was pulling a metal skid off a stack to place the skid on the floor. The weight of the skid shifted and the edge caught the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was operating an order picker in a warehouse. While backing down an aisle, the employee struck a 60-inch-by-60-inch pallet being lifted by another order picker. The employee suffered a tear to the cartilage surrounding their hip.

At about 1:25 p.m. on August 7, 2024, a temporary employee was operating a foam ring cutter when its pin broke, causing the head to fall and hit his left hand. He suffered a partial amputation to the ring finger, as well as a laceration and nail damage to the middle finger.

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.