Boose at Cornwall, Inc.

A maintenance technician was working on diesel machinery when the pulley system was activated and the belt and pulley amputated his left ring fingertip.

On June 19, 2017, at 11:00 p.m., an employee was driving out of the facility parking lot when an unknown assailant from outside the facility drove into the parking lot and shot the employee in the head through the back window of his car. He was hospitalized.

On or about April 5, 2016, at 4:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to insert a plate into a shell core machine when his hand became caught in the machine, severely burning his left thumb and first and second fingers. He was hospitalized for treatment.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was grinding raw couplings on a belt sander to shave off excess material left by the manufacturing process. The employee's right hand slipped while he was pressing a part to the sander, causing his right thumb to come into contact with the sanding belt. The thumb was lacerated and broken, and the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was buffing a corner casting when the rotating belt contacted her right hand, resulting in an amputation of the first segment of her right thumb.

An employee was assembling boilers, which involved stacking the flat sections of boilers on top of one another and pushing them down a non-powered roller line. While the employee was pushing a stack onto the next set of rollers, the stack became crooked. The employee went to pull back the stack to straighten it when their finger was pinched by a roller. The employee sustained a partial amputation to their left ring fingertip.

An employee was operating a projection welding press when the weld bit contacted her left hand, causing an amputation of the index fingertip.

On June 25, 2025, at 7.30 a.m., an employee was using a remote-controlled crane to change a die in a 2,600-ton press. They were releasing crane cables from the die when one cable did not release, causing the die to lift and pin the employee between the press and the die. The employee suffered a closed non-displaced fracture of the pelvis.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.