EDM LLC

An employee was performing maintenance on conveyor lines when he jumped out of the way of a moving rail-guided vehicle (RGV). He landed in the conveyor line and was then bumped by the rail-guided vehicle, causing him to strike an angle iron that was a part of a stationary conveyor. His stomach was crushed and the employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen.

An employee was troubleshooting a hydraulic piston on the wheels of a semi-trailer dump truck. The piston released and caused the trailer to move, crushing the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures and contusions.

An employee was working on the attachment securing mechanism of a skid steer when their hand was caught by the mechanism. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to three fingers on the left hand.

An employee was spreading the forks on a parked forklift when he was struck in the face by one of the forklift tines, resulting in a contusion.

An employee was releasing a chain to open the rear flap of a dump truck when three of their fingers got caught between the chain and the truck, resulting in crush injuries.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was assisting the crew with patching and restoring a roadway after the installation of a sewer line. He was helping place and level the blacktop/backfill material over the trench area to bring the road surface back to proper grade. The employee was walking between a forward-moving dump truck and a dirt pile when his right foot was run over by the truck s wheel, causing him to fall. The employee sustained injury to his foot.

An employee was rigging I-beams. An I-beam slid off the stack of I-beams and fractured the employee's leg.

An employee was operating a skid steer with a bucket attachment at a demolition site. While driving it to the rear of the property to park it, the employee came into contact with a live electrical transformer unit that was located outside of the facility. The employee sustained electrical burns on his hands extending up to his elbows and a fractured ankle.

An employee was installing a door on a semi-trailer. They were using a forklift to lift the door to the height of the trailer when the door became jammed between the forklift mast and the hinge on the trailer. When the employee went to dislodge the door from the mast, the door fell and crushed their foot. Their big toe was amputated. The employee was hospitalized and their big toe was surgically reattached. The employee's foot and other toes also required surgery.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.