Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC

An employee was riding a pallet jack toward the breakroom when the pallet jack struck an order picker and the employee's foot was fractured.

On September 13, 2024, the injured employee was walking through an aisle where a co-worker was removing pallets from the racking system using an order picker. The corner of a pallet being moved contacted the corner of a skid next to it, causing two empty pallets to fall 12 to 16 feet from the racking onto the injured employee. The employee sustained a laceration and contusions to the back of their head and left shoulder.

An employee was unloading a trailer onto a dock when they stepped and fell into the space between the trailer and the dock. The employee sustained a lower right leg fracture.

On January 23, 2023, an employee was setting up a press roller for applying glue to boards when her right ring finger became pinched between the frame and the movable non-motorized outfeed platform. The finger was amputated just below the top knuckle.

On August 11, 2022, at 6:04 AM, an employee was clearing a jam in a wood grinding machine when a flash fire occurred causing second-degree burns to the employee's right arm, from the elbow to the fingertips.

An employee was operating a sit-down type of material handling equipment (MHE). They were turning the MHE with the clamp attachment in the air when the MHE fell over onto its right side. The employee's right foot was caught under the battery cover of the MHE. The employee sustained a chemical burn from the battery and a fractured right ankle.

An employee was driving a snowmobile when it flipped over. The employee suffered a broken rib.

An employee was driving an unloaded forklift outside a building. During a left turn, the forklift drove off the paved area onto an unpaved surface, became unstable, and tipped over. The employee was pinned under the forklift and suffered two broken leg bones and a broken hip.

An employee was riding in a utility task vehicle when it overturned. The employee sustained a broken leg.

An employee was trimming tree branches from an aerial lift. As they were maneuvering the aerial bucket lift from inside, the truck drove over soft ground and tipped over. The bucket lift fell to the ground with the employee tied off inside, resulting in rib fractures.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

On April 17, 2025, at 3:20 p.m., an employee was cleaning a drawer machine by blowing down the machine with air. His left hand was struck by the rotary blade on the machine, resulting in amputation to the index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was using a table saw. The saw blade amputated the employee's right index finger.

An employee was operating a table saw. While removing a scrap piece of wood, the blade partially amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was unclogging the sawdust collection system on a gang saw when they sustained amputations to their left middle fingertip and right index fingertip from the spinning turbines in the chute.

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.