GE/Wabtec Manufacturing Solutions

An employee was operating a crane to move ballast material onto a locomotive platform. After reaching the top of the platform, the employee was facing the load and focusing on the lift when they fell from the locomotive platform, approximately 71 inches.

Employees were working to drain condensate in a dead-leg tee on the compressed air header in preparation for hooking up a rental compressor to the header. Employee 1 opened the isolation valve to drain the tee and the butterfly valve opened more than expected. The disconnected 3-inch hose at the end of the line began whipping around and the fitting on the end of the hose struck Employee 2 in the lower right leg resulting in a compound fracture.

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was responding to a service request for a cable stripping machine that was making noise and not functioning consistently. While testing its function, the machine contacted the employee s right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the tuft.

An employee was using a handheld cordless electric torque wrench. The tool's reaction arm came into contact with the employee's left hand, causing an amputation to the middle finger above the first knuckle.

On August 6, 2025, an employee was preparing to weld a metal sheet that goes between containers and weighs 800 pounds. The employee was placing a two-foot wooden brace (4 by 4) under the metal, which was being raised by a crane operator using a magnet. The magnet shifted and caused the load to catch the employee's right index fingertip against the wooden brace, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was climbing up a ladder to the top of a railcar. The employee slipped and fell from the ladder, striking the coupler of the railcar during the fall. This caused the employee's body to shift, and they landed on their head/nose/face. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and internal bleeding.

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder on a tank car. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, 8 to 10 feet below, and broke both ankles.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.