CHALLENGE MANUFACTURING

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was walking on the top deck of a fire truck that was being assembled. The employee lost their balance and stepped on open, horizontally hinged doors, which could not support their weight. The employee fell 6 feet to the concrete floor and suffered fractures to their elbow and pelvis.

An employee was assessing an overhead stamping press door for alignment issues when the counterbalance moved and their left thumb was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The thumb was amputated. The door was locked out/tagged out at the time but gravitational pull was not controlled.

An employee was performing a bubble test (pressure test) on a pipeline to locate a leak when the joint elbow that was producing the leak detached and struck him. The employee sustained fractures to a rib and clavicle, as well as injuries to his spleen and lung.

An employee was installing a combat vehicle turbine engine to a dynamometer stand in a dynamometer test engine cell. While lining up the turbine engine to the stand, the employee's left arm was fractured between the engine and the face of the stand.

An employee was operating a forklift to retrieve a stack of empty containers from behind a weld cell. The forklift grabbed the stack. Then the forks tilted back, causing the top container to fall onto the forklift cage. The employee got off the forklift and went to pull the container down. The container fell on the employee's head and leg, resulting in a bump to the head and a fractured right leg.

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.