Smitty's Supply Inc

An employee was operating a spout machine when a spout became jammed on the spout piston. The employee opened the enclosed plexiglass protective enclosure around the machine to gain access to the jammed spout located on the crimping piston. The employee was unjamming the spout under the transfer table when her right index finger was crushed. The employee suffered an amputation to her fingertip.

An employee was working on a mold on an injection machine and stated that he felt ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat stroke.

Hot grease burned an employee, who then fell to the floor and suffered a dislocated shoulder.

An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs.

An employee was operating a foil cap insert machine when his hand entered the point of operation and the foil shear amputated his right ring fingertip.

An employee was making modifications to an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns to multiple parts of the body.

An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.

An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.

On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.

An employee had just turned off breakers and was loosening wires on panels when they were shocked by 480 volts of electricity.

A forklift lifting device was being picked up with a forklift. The forks were lowered, causing the equipment to fall and injure an employee. The employee sustained cervical spine, facial, and jaw injuries and was hospitalized.

An employee was refilling a bottle with a cleaning solution when bleach entered the bottle and it exploded. The employee inhaled the fumes and experienced difficulty breathing and burns to her throat, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was performing maintenance on a pump flange that was in ammonium sulfate service. The line had been blocked in and drain lines were opened. The employee was making a line break when hot sulfur water (150-180 degrees) sprayed out. The employee sustained thermal burns to their chest, back, arm, and stomach.

An employee was measuring the level in a storage tank using a handheld tape gauge. When he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was hospitalized, having suffered a lower back strain.

An employee was performing gas service work outdoors in extreme heat when they became ill. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.