Kohler

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift as part of hands-on training and the forklift struck storage racks. Their left foot was fractured and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was jacking up a kiln car to replace a damaged wheel when it rolled backward and fell off the jack, amputating their left thumb to the first knuckle.

Two employees used lock out/tag out (LOTO) procedures to change carrier chains. The chains became stuck. When one employee tried to release the chains, stored pneumatic energy was released catching the employee's right ring finger and crushing it to the first knuckle resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist.

An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.

An employee was carrying furniture backward during a delivery when he tripped and broke his right ankle.

An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.

An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift as part of hands-on training and the forklift struck storage racks. Their left foot was fractured and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was jacking up a kiln car to replace a damaged wheel when it rolled backward and fell off the jack, amputating their left thumb to the first knuckle.

An employee was standing near an A-frame as a forklift passed. The forklift struck quartz slabs that were on the A-frame causing them to fall over and crush the employee's arm between the slabs and the forklift.

On November 11, 2020, an employee was on a product transfer cart between two conveyors. The cart moved and crushed his foot against a conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the foot.

An employee was dumping a dump hopper. The hopper came back down and struck the employee's left little finger, resulting in an amputation.

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.