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An employee was fulfilling an order and attempting to pry apart a 359-pound piece of sheet panel. The sheet panel fell forward and landed on the employee, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.

An employee fell to the floor while running through a building. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a conveyor belt and fell into the conveyor when he lost his balance. The employee suffered a broken left arm.

An employee was replacing a broken clevis and bolt on an automatic guided vehicle. When the employee moved the cylinder to inspect it, the cylinder released in the upward position. The employee's right hand was caught between the top of the stroke cylinder shaft and the hood base of the equipment.

A pile up of tiles occurred on line 8. An employee attempted to turn the conveyor off at the switch. The employee was looking at the pile while his hand was aimed at the switch. His hand missed the switch and the back of his hand made contact with the pulley and guard causing a laceration.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee was operating a press when the timing belt came loose. The machine was turned off. As the employee began to adjust the belt, the pulley on the table moved and his right middle finger was caught between the belt and pulley and amputated.

An employee was operating a dryer kiln when an alarm went off indicating that one of the two limit switches of the centering device control was not functioning properly. In order to reach the centering device control limit switch, the employee used a rod and kneeled down stretching his body/hand forward between the dryer exit and a column of an unloader machine. The employee's body was caught between the exiting tile cart and the column of the unloader machine resulting in fractured ribs.

An employee fell to the floor while running through a building. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

An employee was adjusting a chain on a press dryer. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught in the chain and sprocket, and the fingertips were amputated.

An employee was pushing a tile cart that was on an automated track into a dryer. The employee got caught between two carts and was struck by a cart. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.