William B. Meyer, Inc. Office Moving

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 moving a piece of furniture up a flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, he lost his balance and fell backward onto a couch with a metal bracket sticking up out of it. He suffered a laceration to the abdomen and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was standing on the hood of a box truck to fix a water leak in the cargo box of the truck. When he was descending the hood, he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

An employee was unloading boxes from a truck at a residence, which included lifting boxes from the vehicle and placing them onto the ground to carry them into the residence. During this process, he suddenly experienced severe back pain, resulting in hospitalization due to a strain.

An employee was carrying a couch up the ramp of a moving truck with his partner. The employee was moving forward up the ramp, and his partner was moving backward up the ramp. The partner had reached the top of the ramp and was inside the truck while the employee was approaching the top of the ramp when a sudden gust of wind hit the employee and the couch. The employee fell forward and to the right, landing on his ribs at the top of the ramp. The employee suffered a fractured rib and a laceration to his liver that required hospitalization.

An employee was assisting a customer with attaching a trailer to their vehicle using a trailer mover. The trailer slipped from the trailer mover. As a result, the trailer mover struck the employee s left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left kneecap that required surgery.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.