Parsec, Inc.

An employee was trying to connect a cargo box to a railcar when a crane operator moved the cargo box and it pinched the employee's right index finger, resulting in an amputation.

A crane operator was closing the crane door and pinched his left thumb between the door and the door frame.

An employee fell from the top of a railroad car sustaining arm and pelvic fractures.

An employee was standing on the bolster of a chassis, hooking up a chain to the chassis to lift up a pedestal. The yard jockey driver backed up to the chassis, left the yard jockey in neutral, and got out without setting the brake. The yard jockey then rolled back and pinned the injured employee's left leg between the yard jockey and the chassis, causing a severe contusion and swelling that required hospitalization.

An employee was riding on the side of a chassis racker (a specialized industrial truck) while being trained. The trainer was in the driver's seat operating the industrial truck. The trainer drove the truck too close to a nearby chassis, and the injured employee's leg was caught between the moving truck and the nearby chassis. He sustained a severe laceration/cut to his left calf/leg that required stitches and overnight hospitalization.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was ascending a hopper car. As he neared the top of the car, he grabbed the hand hold on a running board. The running board shifted, causing the employee to fall to the concrete shop floor. He sustained a fractured left hand and dislocated fingers.

On July 15, 2024, an employee was climbing the fixed side ladder of a railcar while performing a visual inspection when they missed a grab bar on the ladder, falling to the ground and suffering a fractured right femur.

An employee was removing a forklift from a trailer when the lift fell sideways onto the ground and pinned his right leg underneath it. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and other injury to his lower right leg that caused an amputation below the knee.

An employee was training during a locomotive inspection. As he was observing two other employees, he slipped on ice and uneven ground and fell, resulting in a fracture to the tibia/fibula at the ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

During assembly of a table, an employee collapsed and hit their head on an L-shaped guard on the floor.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.