NHI Mechanical Motion, LLC

An employee was troubleshooting a machine when two of their fingertips were amputated.

An employee was working with a pulley assembly machine. The employee's left little finger was crushed when two brass plates came together for welding. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was at a customer site, helping align a belt on a machine, when his fingers were caught between the belt and a sprocket. He suffered fractures and avulsions, and the ring fingertip on his left hand was medically amputated.

On February 16, 2024, an employee was using a cutoff saw to cut up plastic tubing. The saw amputated the employee's middle and ring fingers.

An employee was pulling a pallet jack backward when she lost her balance and fell backward, striking her head on the floor and suffering a fracture at the base of the skull.

An employee was centering a component on an air press for final assembly when the machine cycled and their left thumb tip was partially amputated.

An employee was handling a pallet when a forklift broke the employee's right tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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.