AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION

An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated in the turret of a bag collator. The machine was running and a guard was in place at the time.

An employee burned two of their fingers on a glue heater bar in the baler.

An employee was attempting to cut a lock off a drum using a grinder. The grinder sparked and created a flame that burned the employee's left forearm and hand.

An employee was clearing bags from a machine when the open roll knife amputated their right index fingertip.

An employee was clearing a jam on a paper plate machine when they contacted the machine's blade, resulting in amputation of four fingers on the left hand.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

An employee was clearing a material jam on a line, at a point where it formed the cores of diapers. When he removed the material, his left little finger was caught between the belts of a forming drum. His hand was lacerated and the finger was broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee slipped on a recently mopped concrete floor and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

On April 9, 2025, an employee was cleaning anilox rollers in a machine with a rag. The machine caught the rag and then the employee's left hand, resulting in amputation of the middle finger.

An employee was jogging two rollers to clear a paper jam when his left hand was pulled into the rollers, resulting in amputations of the index, middle, and ring fingers down to the knuckle.

On July 27, 2024, at 2:45 AM, an employee was walking down an aisle in the converting department when he tripped and fell on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.