EMCO Industries, LLC

An employee was correcting a part using a bending machine when their right index finger was crushed and fractured in the machine.

An employee was operating a forming press when the cylinder shut and amputated his left index fingertip.

An employee was troubleshooting an eye machine when all four fingers on his right hand were crushed and broken between the rear bearing plate and the main slide floating assembly.

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

An employee was grinding the ends of a metal spring. His hand slipped, and his right index finger contacted the grinding wheel and was lacerated. Part of his fingertip was amputated.

An employee was adjusting a machine in the facility when the flat stock material running through the machine cut his left index fingertip. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was placing a bushing into an opening (an eye) at the end of a piece of metal. The employee was holding the bushing with their right hand and engaging the hydraulic press when their glove was pinched between the bottom of the bushing and the metal. The glove was drawn into the eye, and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was inspecting leaf springs. They were trying to straighten a spring plate on a vise when their finger was pinched between the vise and the workbench, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was correcting a part using a bending machine when their right index finger was crushed and fractured in the machine.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.