Smitty's Supply, Inc.

An employee was operating a spout machine when a spout became jammed on the spout piston. The employee opened the enclosed plexiglass protective enclosure around the machine to gain access to the jammed spout located on the crimping piston. The employee was unjamming the spout under the transfer table when her right index finger was crushed. The employee suffered an amputation to her fingertip.

An employee was working on a mold on an injection machine and stated that he felt ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat stroke.

An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs.

An employee was operating a foil cap insert machine when his hand entered the point of operation and the foil shear amputated his right ring fingertip.

An employee suffered a 480-volt shock while investigating a power outage in a production area.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee was putting together cardboard boxes in order to ship a product while a nearby forklift was grabbing a quarter-full tote from a rack that was 12 feet high. The forklift pushed the tote off the pallet rack and it struck the employee, resulting in broken ribs.

An employee was operating a spout machine when a spout became jammed on the spout piston. The employee opened the enclosed plexiglass protective enclosure around the machine to gain access to the jammed spout located on the crimping piston. The employee was unjamming the spout under the transfer table when her right index finger was crushed. The employee suffered an amputation to her fingertip.

An employee was walking when they were struck by a forklift that crushed their right big toe, resulting in surgical amputation.

An employee was moving 55-gallon oil drums from a pallet on a forklift to a pallet on the floor. One of the oil drums collided with another oil drum, contacting the employee's left middle finger and causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was removing a cap from a pressurized line. The end cap came off the line and struck the employee's jaw, causing a laceration and fracture on the left side.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.