Chemtool Incorporated

An employee was replacing a waterline and moving equipment with a loader when they were struck by a front-end wheel loader. They sustained arm and leg fractures.

An employee was selecting when they were struck by a pallet on another powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained fractures to the left fibula and right ankle requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee injured their hand while riding on the back of a garbage truck, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was disconnecting a rope from a barge. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed between two barges. The employee was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2020, an employee was pinned between a stand-up powered industrial truck and a storage shelf. The employee was hospitalized for possible broken ribs and facial lacerations.

An employee was putting together cardboard boxes in order to ship a product while a nearby forklift was grabbing a quarter-full tote from a rack that was 12 feet high. The forklift pushed the tote off the pallet rack and it struck the employee, resulting in broken ribs.

An employee was operating a spout machine when a spout became jammed on the spout piston. The employee opened the enclosed plexiglass protective enclosure around the machine to gain access to the jammed spout located on the crimping piston. The employee was unjamming the spout under the transfer table when her right index finger was crushed. The employee suffered an amputation to her fingertip.

An employee was walking when they were struck by a forklift that crushed their right big toe, resulting in surgical amputation.

An employee was moving 55-gallon oil drums from a pallet on a forklift to a pallet on the floor. One of the oil drums collided with another oil drum, contacting the employee's left middle finger and causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was removing a cap from a pressurized line. The end cap came off the line and struck the employee's jaw, causing a laceration and fracture on the left side.

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.