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 changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was moving product using a hand truck/dolly. He observed an electric pallet jack obstructing his path and went to relocate it. The electric pallet jack ran over his right ankle, dislocating it.

An employee was driving a forklift when the forklift and his left hand struck a racking system, resulting in a cut and fracture that required surgery.

An employee was aligning a cart on a stock picker. The cart dropped onto the top of his right index fingertip, causing an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee fell 48 inches to the parking lot ground after exiting a door. The employee sustained head trauma, a head laceration, and broken wrists.

An employee climbed a ladder to hang a sign, lost his balance, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained back and leg injuries.

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.