AirPro Fan & Blower Company

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was at the brake press when the press was activated, causing the ram to move. Two fingertips on his right hand were crushed between the dies and partially amputated.

An employee was loading a piece of round aluminum into a CNC auto-spinning machine. Their left thumb was crushed between the tail block, the aluminum part, and the mandrel. The distal tip of the thumb was amputated.

An employee was seated at a press brake and was putting strips of steel (2-inches by 2-feet) into a brake press machine. The machine actuated and his right ring finger was crushed between the upper die and the steel material. The finger was amputated through the base of the nailbed.

An employee was using a manual spinning machine to cut out the center of an inlet. The cutter bar struck his neck and jaw, breaking the jaw and injuring an artery in his neck.

An employee was climbing a fence in pursuit of two people who had been trying to break into a facility. He fell from the fence, suffered a broken left leg, and was hospitalized.

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 using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.