Lansdowne-Moody Company

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

During a break, an employee was engaged in a conversation with a customer. They were standing approximately 7 feet in front of a combine header that was attached to a payloader but also set on jack stands for support. The header dislodged from the payloader, slid forward along with its support stand, and struck both the employee and the customer. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, a fractured rib, and a partially deflated lung. The customer also sustained injury.

An employee was replacing a manure belt in an egg producing poultry house. He was using a mechanical roller and a steel cable to pull (remove) the old manure belt. The employee's ring and little fingertips were pinched between the roller and the cable resulting in partial amputations above the top knuckle.

An employee was walking past a cow barn when he slipped on a wet floor mat and fell. The employee sustained torn ligaments and his quadriceps were torn from the bone on both legs.

An employee was working on a bale accumulator attached to a tractor. While he was making adjustments, the accumulator activated. The bar of the accumulator struck him and dragged him to the side, and his right leg was run over. He suffered a broken femur.

An employee tripped on a piece of wood and fell onto the rough edge of a metal tank under fabrication. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration on his hand.

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.