Hartzell Air Movement

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 using a multimeter to ensure proper power supply to a newly repaired rotary screw air compressor before running a voltage test. An electrical arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to both the employee's hands and their face.

An employee was on the roof of a building, putting plastic around a dust collector, when their left middle finger was caught in a grinder insider the dust collector. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

On August 4, 2025, an employee was fixing a jammed carousel and using a hook to manually adjust the carousel by hand. The hook slipped off and the employee fell to the concrete ground, resulting in hospitalization for a fractured right hip.

An employee was replacing a screen on a rooftop HVAC unit when the rotating exhaust fan blade contacted their right index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was changing an air filter when the door to the HVAC closed due to wind. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb at the nailbed.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.