PalletOne, Inc.

An employee was feeding 8-foot lumber into a pop-up chop saw. As he pushed the lumber up to make the second cut, the saw engaged and amputated the tips of his left index and middle fingers.

An employee was trying to unjam boards that were fed into a notcher when a board slammed against his right hand, partially amputating his middle finger.

An employee was feeding a double end trim saw. He dropped a board and bent over to retrieve the board. He reached up to pull himself up and grabbed the sprocket guard on the end. As he grabbed the bottom of the guard, a lug caught him and pulled his hand into the guard. He sustained a cut between the ring and middle finger on the left hand.

On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.

An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.

An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.

An employee was cutting wood with a miter saw when their clothing was pulled into the blade, resulting in a bicep laceration. The employee was hospitalized. The blade cover was not in place at the time of the incident.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was operating a bubble wrap production line. He was splicing the ends of the film rolls together with tape when a driven roll contacted his hand. His hand and arm were pulled into the machine up to his shoulder. The employee's forearm contacted the the hot surface (230-500 F) of the bubble stamping cylinder. He was hospitalized with burns to the forearm that required surgery and crushing injuries to the hand and forearm without fractures.

An employee was operating a pallet dismantling saw. A board became stuck, and the employee tried to pull the pallet. When the board broke, the employee's right hand made contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of the right middle finger above the second knuckle.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.