K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc

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 using a grinding machine with a foot pedal. She was loading a part into the grinder when her right hand got caught in the grinder. She then used her left hand to pull out her right hand. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of two fingers on her left hand and her left forearm, as well as partial amputations to two fingers on her right hand.

An employee was looking into a furnace to check for parts. When the furnace closed, the employee's right little finger was caught by a piece of metal, resulting in a partial amputation.

A forklift was loading bundles of pipe onto a trailer. One of the bundles weighing approximately 1,200 pounds dislodged and fell off the trailer, striking two employees that were standing on the back side of the trailer. Both employees were injured. One employee was struck in the legs, sustaining fractures in both legs. His left leg had to be amputated above the knee on 5/2/2025. The second employee sustained multiple injuries including a broken pelvis and kidney damage.

An employee was putting a metal part into a CNC lathe when the part fell on their right fingers. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to their middle finger, and an amputation of their ring finger.

An employee was dislodging a part that was stuck in the shot blasting machine when the part released and shifted, catching the employee's left middle finger between the part and the belt of the machine. The employee pulled his hand away and sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.