Ariens Company

An employee was moving a scissor lift through the paint line to change an air hoist. As the lift moved down the spur, a hook caught on it and pulled it over. The employee fell out of the lift, and a frame fell off the line and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and was hospitalized.

Employees were pushing a cart loaded with 23-foot-long tubes off a trailer. The load came to a sudden stop due to an uneven dock leveling plate; some of the tubes fell onto an employee's right leg, causing multiple fractures.

An employee was team lifting a frame from the ground and trying to hang it on the non-powered spur of an overhead conveyance system when the frame slipped and struck the employee's right forearm, causing a laceration.

An employee was operating a full revolution mechanical power press when the dies closed while the employee's hands were in the die area. The employee sustained a partial right hand amputation.

An employee was adjusting a part on a threading machine when their finger was caught between a clamp and v-block on the machine. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

At 12:55 p.m. on October 8, 2025, a pneumatic cylinder press was activated while an employee's hand was resting on it. The moving shaft and top portion of the machine descended, catching the employee's right middle finger and amputating the fingertip (without bone loss).

An employee had been providing lawncare service and was driving back to the main facility when he experienced severe cramping due to heat stress. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

At about 5:15 p.m. on June 14, 2025, an employee was using a walk-behind mower to mow middle islands along a road. A support truck with an arrow board sign was following behind to control traffic. The truck lurched forward and struck the employee from behind, pinning the employee against the mower. The employee suffered a fractured hip, a right iliac wing fracture, right femoral nerve damage, and puncture wounds to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A welder in the fabrication shop was straightening a wheel tab with a hammer and struck his left hand. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hand.

A sprayer boom assembly fell off a sawhorse when the C-clamp was removed and it struck an employee. The employee suffered a separated collarbone and three broken ribs.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.