Total Wall Systems, Inc.

An employee parked a short tractor used to move trailers and then exited it. The tractor began rolling and the employee went to jump into the cab to stop the vehicle but his arm struck a metal bar on the cab and he fell, fracturing his left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and moved it onto the lift gate. The lift gate was wet and slippery from running a previous pallet that contained product packed in ice. The jack starting sliding toward the curbside of the platform. As the pallet was sliding to the edge, the associate tried to keep the pallet level by placing his arm on the pallet, to keep it from falling. The pallet jack continued to slide and as the employee attempted to get out of the way, his finger slid across the pallet jack and was amputated.

An employee was working on a pipe-threading machine, placing caps on the end of a pipe. The employee's finger caught the sharp edge of the pipe and was severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning a ribbon blender. He had the lid open, thus disengaging the interlock switch and disabling the rotating paddles. After he finished cleaning it, he closed the lid. The blender has a discharge hole at the bottom; unaware that the paddles in the blender were still rotating at a slow rate, the employee reached up through the discharge hole. The paddle amputated the tip of his index finger.

An employee was removing boxes from a conveyor belt when the belt grabbed his gloved hand. The employee pulled his hand back and amputated his fingertip.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder, working to nail a 2-by-4 on a hotel carport ceiling. He lost his balance and his muddy boots slipped. He then fell and his foot lodged in the ladder. His foot was broken in two places and he was hospitalized.

An employee was installing a ceiling joist for a residential home when they fell from a framing structure and landed on the ground 8 feet below. The employee's right arm was fractured.

On September 16, 2025, a employee was moving a dolly with seven drywall sheets. The wheel of the dolly got stuck. The material tipped over and fell onto the employee's left foot, fracturing their tibia.

An employee was installing 80-foot-long trusses onto a 150-foot by 80-foot post-frame building. The employee worked from the north lift and then on the trusses about 20 feet up to install bracing. While installing diagonal bracing on the top chord, the trusses collapsed, causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet to the concrete and be struck by the falling trusses. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a concussion.

An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.