Lexicon, Inc.

An employee was using a sleever bar to move a checker plate into place and secure it to the floor of a structure in the melt shop. The sleever bar became stuck and the employee used his left hand to lift the checker plate up enough to free the sleever bar. Once the bar was freed, the checker plate came down and pinched his left index finger between two pieces of plate. The employee suffered an amputation of soft tissue at the fingertip, which required hospitalization.

On May 16, 2025, an employee crossed over a stand to support a wide flange beam they were fabricating. The beam rolled over onto their lower right leg and foot, resulting in fractures.

An employee was placing a steel I-beam when it became stuck and would not settle onto the flanges. The employee was moving the beam and when it became unstuck and crushed the fingers on his left hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

The injured employee was assisting a crew to install a crane rail on an overhead crane girder. He was on the 40' x 10' grated surface between the crane rails positioning himself to receive the end of the crane rail. The crane rail was being pushed on rollers toward the employee's location and as he tried to pry the end of the crane rail up to get it on top of the next roller, he lost his balance and fell 36 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to their right ankle, pelvis, and left arm. The employee was wearing a personal fall arrest system, but was not tied off at the time.

An employee was installing drive shafts on an overhead crane. The drive shaft was rigged about 17 feet up with a wire rope choker. The drive shaft began slipping through the rigging, when it slid down and struck the injured employee's hard hat. He was knocked to his knees and landed on his right knee. The employee sustained an amputation to the right leg below the knee.

Two employees were walking through the warehouse behind a forklift that was moving pallets of 30-foot metal bottom bars. When the forklift reversed, the top of the forklift struck a box of metal bottom bars on top of racking, causing the box to fall and strike the two employees. They were both taken to the hospital; one employee was treated and released without being admitted. The other employee was hospitalized with a fractured left orbital bone and an injured right knee.

The injured employee was spray painting lay flat shipping reels while another employee was picking up the reels with a telehandler after they were painted. The telehandler bumped a reel, causing other reels to fall. The injured employee was caught between the reels, resulting in broken left femur.

An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

An employee was performing routine housekeeping duties when a bale of plastic bottles slid off the forks of a forklift that was backing out of a trailer. The bale struck the employee, pushing her into another machine. The employee suffered a fractured rib and punctured lung.

An employee was using a 4-by-4 to straighten a pack of wood. A forklift nudged the 4-by-4, which caused the employee's right hand to be caught between it and the pack of wood. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were hospitalized.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.