JNS Rugs

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating an electric standing pallet jack and pulling an empty A-frame when the jack struck a guard rail. The employee fell from the lift to his right hip and elbow on the concrete floor, and was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was clearing yarn that had wrapped around a gear-driven conveyor belt when his left arm got pulled between the belt and a roller. The employee sustained a fractured arm, as well as lacerations and abrasions.

On November 5, 2024, an employee was working on a lamination line. He had removed a slot assembly from a coating station, placed it into a portable slot cleaning tank, and rolled the cart with the assembly out of the cleaning tank. He hit the door of the coating station, and the slot assembly fell from the cart and crushed his little finger. He suffered an amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was working on the thermal bond production line when the laydown formation table became filled with fabric. The employee was cleaning the area when the machine restarted. The employee's hands were caught between a belt and a roller resulting in amputations to multiple fingers on both hands.

An employee was correcting a malfunction on a covering machine when their left hand was caught in a moving component and they sustained a left index fingertip amputation.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.