Nichols Portland, LLC

On 4/13/15, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was setting up a metal grinding machine. During the setup process, he attempted to remove the part that was to be worked on. The manual control was in the reverse position at the time. As he pushed the job button with his right hand, his left ring finger was caught between the part and a machine guide, amputating his fingertip.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was retooling a pipe bending machine while it was energized when the machine clamp function activated. Their left hand was caught as the machine's radius die closed on the clamp and it crushed his left ring finger, resulting in medical amputation to the second knuckle.

An employee was operating a hose/bender machine. He was reaching to adjust a piece of hose and got caught in a pinch point, sustaining an amputation to his finger.

On April 19, 2023, an employee was assembling a hose and performing a pull test. During the pull test, the employee's left index fingertip was amputated by the longitudinal pull tester.

On March 9, 2023, an employee was assembling manifolds. While pushing an end fitting into the hose of an automatic pushing machine, the employee suffered an amputation to the tip of the right index finger.

An employee was clearing a jam in a press when the machine actuated, amputating their right index fingertip.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.