Peben USA

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning mud out of the tracks of a mini excavator while the operator had the machine tilted up off the ground to one side. The tracks moved and the employee's left wrist was caught in the gears. The employee sustained puncture wounds to the wrist and two fractures.

An employee was loading a truck with a forklift. The truck drove away from the dock and the forklift fell between the dock and the truck. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their head, back, and leg.

An employee was moving trucks in the yard. He was working between trucks when a back door swung open and caught their right hand against the frame of another truck. The employee sustained a crushing injury to a finger.

On August 21, 2025, a product development engineer was test riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a test track when the ATV flipped over. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle and three fractured ribs.

On June 9, 2025, an employee was walking in the yard and parking area. The employee stepped up from the yard/parking lot onto a patio with an approximate 6" rise at the exterior corner of the main office. After his second foot was planted on the patio surface, he lost his balance and fell backward to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip that required surgery and a laceration to the elbow.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.