George Schmitt & CO., INC.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was setting up a book-binding machine. She was correcting a problem in the machine when she suffered a partial amputation to the left index fingertip, caused by a belt and gear.

An employee was using an extended pallet jack to move rolls of paper on racks in the warehouse. He was standing on the first level of the racking system when his foot slipped and he fell 4 feet to the ground landing on his right side. He was hospitalized with fractures to his right collar bone and several ribs on the right side. The employee also struck his head on the ground, scraped his right knee, and his left middle and ring fingers were cut by a nylon band that he grabbed as he fell. The cuts required stitches.

An employee was wiping off a paper cutter blade when they suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

An employee was operating a printing press when he felt ill and was transported to the hospital, where he had a heart attack.

A temporary employee was running a printing machine when it became jammed. The employee's left hand then became caught in the printing machine and two fingers were crushed. A portion of the left middle finger needed to be medically amputated.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.