HP HOOD LLC

An employee climbed on top of a roller conveyor to visually assess a suspected fractured pallet that was being conveyed to the finished products warehouse. The employee's safety toecap of his boot got caught in a 4-inch-wide gap separating sections of the conveyor rollers, causing him to twist his leg and fall. The employee suffered a fractured femur and finger.

An employee was exiting a jockey truck when his foot got stuck on a step, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

A mechanic was performing preventative maintenance on a robot. The employee noticed the right grease port next to the pallet pusher bar was blocked, so they notified the operator. The employee moved to the next grease port as the operator moved the pusher bar. The pusher bar then moved on both the left and right side in tandem, causing it to contact the mechanics right middle finger at the grease port hole. The employee suffered a middle fingertip amputation and a fracture to the tip of the bone.

An employee was spraying down equipment using a water hose when they tripped over the hose and fell to the ground. They sustained a right hip fracture.

An employee was removing a clamp from a pipe connection. The pipe sprayed 200-degree water onto the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the face and from the chest to the knees.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was performing rear brake shoe service on a truck. The employee was using a prybar to remove a spring when the spring slipped from the S-cam and amputated his left index fingertip.

An employee was unjamming a case that was stuck in a case washer machine when their pants became entangled in a chain, causing them to be sprayed with hot water from the machine. They employee suffered burns from the hot water.

An employee was cleaning out a butter fat tank. The employee slipped and fell, suffering a broken right leg.

An employee was clearing a cup jam on a cup conveyor when their left hand was caught between the conveyor and an idler roller located on another conveyor line directly above the jam. The employee received an abrasion and friction burn to the hand that required hospitalization.

An employee was performing routine maintenance on an air valve when their right ring finger became caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.