Manchester Tank & Equipment Co.

An employee developed a hernia while moving a 97-pound cylinder along a conveyor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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.

An employee was standing on a 10-inch high working platform (36.75"x24"x10") verifying that tanks were being picked up properly by an overhead conveyor. The employee turned and was stepping off the platform when their left work boot caught the edge of the platform. The employee fell to the concrete floor and landed on their right side. The employee's right hip was fractured.

An employee was working on a vessel, attaching the base plate ring to the legs, when the base plate shifted about 3 inches. The employee's right foot became pinned between the base plate and the floor. Three toes were crushed. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery, resulting in partial amputation of their toe tips.

Two employees were constructing a 30-foot-tall aboveground storage tank, fitting a double roof on the tank. Half of the roof had been stitch-welded to the tank, and the employees were fitting/tacking down the second half of the roof, when the roof shifted and fell in. One employee fell and sustained fractures to their right foot and shin. The second employee suffered a broken back. Both employees required hospitalization.

An employee was removing stretch wrap from between shipping pallets when she tripped/stumbled and fell, resulting in a fractured hip.

Two employees engaged in a verbal altercation. The injured employee was punched in the face and fell, hitting their head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a brain bleed and blunt force trauma to the face.

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.