Nordson Corporation

An employee was cleaning the dressing wheel on a grinder. The rag he was using fell between the wheels and pulled his left hand into the wheel. The finger was cut down to the first joint.

An employee was attempting to remove residue from a machine's chain when the employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The machine was running at the time.

On August 25, 2017, an employee was operating a radial arm circular saw to cut a wooden board when the employee's finger contacted the rotating blade, fracturing and lacerating it.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was in a physical altercation with a colleague when his hip was fractured.

An employee was working on an assembly line in the production facility. He was on the south part of the aisle, checking for debris in the system, and went to remove a screw. His left foot became caught in a wheel on a track along the assembly line. All of the toes on his left foot were amputated.

An employee tripped while assembling machinery components and fell to the floor, suffering a broken leg.

A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.

On July 3, 2024, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was installing a pulling sheave in an electrical gear when they received a high-voltage electrical shock and sustained arc flash burns.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.