Foley Products Company, Inc.

An employee was removing bolts on a shaft adapter with a ratcheting allen head socket wrench. While the employee was loosening a bolt, the blocking bar for the shaft slipped, allowing the shaft to drop 6 inches and pinch the employee's left little fingertip between the ratchet and the top of the gearbox. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was anchored to a movable piece of equipment called a "lid" with a self-retracting lifeline harness. An overhead crane lifted the equipment, causing the employee to be pulled by his harness. The employee was pulled off the walkway and swung over the wall of the kiln. His body and head struck the wall. The employee lost consciousness and sustained a laceration to the side of his head that required stitches. The employee also sustained multiple fractured ribs and fractured vertebrae.

An employee was using an overhead crane to lower a manhole cylinder to the ground to complete maintenance and cleaning. While removing a lifting hood from a manhole core (steel cylinder), the cylinder rolled and the employee's left little finger was caught between the crane hook and the lifting eye. The employee's little fingertip was amputated just below the nail.

An employee was moving a 4x4 box jacket with an overhead crane. The employee hooked a chain to the jacket and put tension on it. It spun awkwardly, striking the employee and knocking him over. The employee fell on the same level and sustained a fractured rib and lacerations to his lower left abdomen and backside.

An employee was guiding a forklift operator who was placing a 48-inch form jacket (open cylinder) over a core (solid, stationary cylinder). The employee was positioned on the ground adjacent to the core. As the suspended jacket was positioned over the core, a gust of wind caused the jacket to move. The employee reached to steady it and the jacket moved downward pinching his left little finger between the jacket and the core and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was at the bell packer when the scraper of the bell packer struck his hand. The employee sustained broken fingers and degloving injuries involving their right ring and little fingers.

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.