Lakeshore Recycling Systems

On April 24, 2023, at 3:20 AM, an employee was working from a mobile ladder to clean a camera mounted on a sanitation truck. As the employee grabbed the truck to move the ladder sideways, the ladder tipped over, causing the employee to fall 10 feet. They were hospitalized for a shoulder fracture, torn spleen, and bruising to the brain.

A temporary employee fell off the back of a garbage truck, suffering a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

On October 18, 2022, at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee was removing the mounting bolts from a juice extractor motor. Upon removing the last bolt, the motor released, catching their left thumb between the motor and the lifting jig. The employee sustained a broken thumb and laceration, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was operating a brake press to bend metal. His right-hand fingers were caught in its point of operation, and he suffered amputations to four of them.

On August 10, 2021, an employee became ill and left work. The employee lost consciousness at home and was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.

An employee had a long screw auger set on pipe stands approximately 4 feet from the ground. One of the pipe stands tipped as he was adjusting the auger, causing the auger to fall onto his foot and fracture it.

An employee was moving a punch press tool from its storage location onto an electric die cart when the press tool fell on the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation of the left ring fingertip above the top knuckle.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.