Parker Hannifin Corporation

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

An employee was opening the rear entrance door of the facility. Wind closed the door on his left hand, causing the little fingertip to be amputated.

An employee was repositioning a limiter inside an assembly fixture. The employee's fingertip was pinched between the fixture and the limiter, causing a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee was performing maintenance activities on a ladder when they fell approximately 46 inches to the ground, resulting in a fracture to the left pelvis/sacrum.

An employee was aligning bar stock in the collet of a CNC machine and troubleshooting. As the employee was making an adjustment in the collet cage, the machine was activated, causing the collet to move forward and pinch the employee's hand. A finger and the thumb on the hand were medically amputated.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was rolling a pipe in a cutting rack and his right little finger became caught between sections of the pipe. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was working a vertical bandsaw, cutting half-inch diameter rods into pieces. While using a steel chisel to move the cut pieces, the blade caught his leather glove and pulled his index finger in. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger between the first and second knuckle.

An employee was operating a lathe in a machine shop. The rotating head of the lathe caught the employee's left glove, resulting in a compound open fracture to the left wrist and a laceration to left ear.

An employee was descending the stairs of an oil/gas rig. As he approached the fifth step from the bottom, he slipped. His left ankle was caught in the steps, and he suffered fractures to the left fibula, tibia, and talus. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

The injured employee was loading a piece of pipe into a pipe bending machine. He had his right hand on the front of the loader while his left hand supported the piece of pipe in the back. A second operator had slightly clamped around the pipe to keep it in place. The third operator called out a measurement. The machine actuated and caught the the injured employee's left middle and ring fingers between the wiper and the material. The employee required surgery and sustained amputations to the distal joint of the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.