Forterra Pipe and precast, LLC

An employee was using an overhead crane to lower a manhole cylinder to the ground to complete maintenance and cleaning. While removing a lifting hood from a manhole core (steel cylinder), the cylinder rolled and the employee's left little finger was caught between the crane hook and the lifting eye. The employee's little fingertip was amputated just below the nail.

On April 26, 2023, an employee was using a jack to raise a machine carousel to replace a bushing. The jack slipped, causing his right little finger to become pinched between the jack and the carousel. His right little fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

An employee was removing cured product from casts and staging it in the yard for future delivery when one of the outer casts opened up crooked. The employee placed his left hand on scaffolding for the outer cast. When the employee attempted to correct the crooked cast by pushing it, it came back together and trapped his middle finger. The employee sustained injuries to the skin and muscle.

On July 6, 2020, a mobile equipment operator was operating an overhead crane inside a building and felt light-headed. The employee then took a 15-minute break and drank a bottle of water. After the break the employee was standing and fell to the ground breaking his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

An employee was pulling on a V-belt for a cement auger screw when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated by the belt.

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 stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.

An employee was opening a precast concrete form and rolled his ankle. The employee required surgery on his ankle.

A driver slipped and fell to the ground while exiting his truck. He sustained a lacerated spleen.

An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.