DOOLITTLE TRAILER MANUFACTURING, INC

An employee was preparing a trailer ramp door for repair. He disconnected the support cables inside the trailer so they could be adjusted (so that the door could open fully without them tangling). He then went outside the trailer and unlocked the bar locks holding the door closed. The door stayed closed until he pulled it down, at which point it fell on him and broke his back.

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was working to dislodge a small piece of wood that had become stuck in a wood molder. The employee's glove became entangled in the machine's cutter head and the employee suffered a partial amputation to a finger on the right hand.

An employee tripped and fell while walking and holding a steel pipe. The pipe fell on the employee's left forearm, resulting in a compound fracture.

An employee was rolling a piece of structural channel on a roller table when the channel collided with steel tubing that was sitting on the roller table. One of the employee's fingers was hanging down over the piece of channel, and when it collided with the tube, their fingertip was severed. Approximately half of an inch of the employee's fingertip was amputated.

On November 21, 2024, an employee was operating a punch press running stone guard brackets. The press cycled while they were placing a part into the die, crushing their right hand. The employee was hospitalized with crushing injuries to their ring finger and an amputation of the little fingertip, and they required surgery.

An employee was inspecting and photographing a trailer unit when his left index finger was pinched between a hardware bar and the floor, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.