Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.

An employee was operating a roller machine when his hand got caught in the gear wheel. The employee sustained a middle finger amputation.

An employee was trying to adjust the wire alignment in knurled wheels on a ladder wire line when the machine cycled and their hand was pulled into a knurled wheel, resulting in a middle finger amputation.

An employee was preparing to realign a product back onto the core of a shaft. The employee's arm was caught by the rotating shaft and became bound up in the product. The employee's left shoulder was dislocated and their left forearm was broken.

A temporary employee was running a spot welding machine when it was activated via the foot pedal. The machine then cut his right index finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was spot-welding an "eye" onto a prefabricated wire ladder. The wire machine amputated his left thumb.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) carrying a nesting sheave on the back counterweight of the PIT. He was holding the sheave when the PIT struck a pothole in the floor, causing the sheave to roll forward and crush his right index fingertip against the back of the PIT seat frame. The employee's fingertip was amputated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was building slings. They were placing wire rope in a pneumatic vise when their right index finger was caught between the vise and the wire rope, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

On September 15, 2025, an employee was working on an auto-welder when the guard closed on their left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

At about 7:15 a.m. on August 28, 2025, an employee was using a construction compactor to stabilize the dirt of a dam that had just been built. The dirt gave way underneath the compactor, which tipped on its left side. The employee fell out and was crushed and pinned between the compactor and the dirt. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken sternum and broken ribs on both sides, as well as a laceration to the left leg by the ankle joint.

A temporary employee was stripping wire for scrap when the machine crushed their left thumb and little finger.

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.