Tool and Hoist Specialties Company

An employee was dismantling scaffolding from an elevated platform when they lost balance and fell 30 feet through an opening in the planking.

An employee was working on a roof. The employee fell through roof insulation to the ground 25-30 feet below, suffering a broken pelvis and collarbone.

An employee was performing grounds maintenance work. The employee stepped on the edge of a ventilation grate when it flipped over, causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground below. They sustained two heel fractures and a left tibia fracture.

An employee removed a cover from a commercial air conditioning unit to change the filters and laid the cover over the A/C grating located at the bottom of the unit. While changing the filters, the employee stepped on the cover. The cover gave way and the employee fell through the grating, landing approximately 26 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken arm, a broken rib, and a punctured lung.

An employee was dismantling a four-tier scaffolding system. When the employee stepped on a wooden scaffold plank, it failed and the employee fell to the cement floor about 28 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones and body and head trauma.

Employees were building a gantry. The injured employee was carrying part of the gantry when their left ring finger was crushed between the gantry and wood. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

A crane operator slipped and fell while getting out of his crane, landing on the ground and rendering him unconscious. The employee was hospitalized.

A civilian vehicle entered the construction site to avoid a motor vehicle accident and struck two employees who were cleaning up the area. The two employees sustained injuries and were hospitalized.

An employee was assisting the drill rig operator when his left little finger was crushed by the Kelly bar, resulting in amputation of the finger.

An employee was removing a blade that was lodged in a pipe when their foot was caught by the cold cutter blade attachment. The employee sustained a crush/laceration injury to three toes on the right foot. The employee was hospitalized.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.