Elliott Group

An employee tripped on a pallet while walking. He fell to the concrete, suffering a broken left femur.

An employee was drilling holes in a half-inch steel plate using an electromagnetic drill. As he was removing the drill bit from the last hole, a stinger caught his glove and pulled his hand toward the drill bit, amputating his left index fingertip.

On 08/17/15, an employee experienced cramping while tagging equipment. He later experienced dizziness and vomiting. He was hospitalized for dehydration leading to heat stress.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was spotting a crane when the load (fabricated skid for packaged equipment) that was being picked up came loose and fell on the employee. The employee sustained a crush injury resulting in a fractured pelvis.

An employee was setting up dies on a die casting machine. The machine's ram unexpectedly returned from the down position and caught the tip of the employee's right thumb against a pinch point in the shot sleeve. The employee suffered an open fracture/amputation to the thumb tip. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Employee 1 was cleaning a paint gun using paint thinner when employee 2 started a lighter nearby and the cup of paint thinner ignited. Employee 2 dropped the cup and the ignited paint thinner spilled, causing burns on employee 2's arms, legs, hands, and face.

An employee was installing a part using an aerial lift and a ratchet. The lift rose and crushed his left thumb.

An employee was servicing a reciprocating air compressor when their left middle finger was caught in a belt motor pulley sheave while manually moving the belt. Approximately 1/4 inch of the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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.