R.W. Sidley, Inc.

Two employees were putting another section of boom on a crawler crane. One end of the boom was resting on the ground and the opposite end was elevated approximately 2.5 feet in the air. An employee was under the elevated section of the boom, removing pins that would allow the boom to be separated. When the second of the two pins holding that section was removed, the crane boom fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures.

An employee was working on a precast riser form, trying to adjust a steel plate at the top of the form. When a final bolt was loosened, the plate dropped and crushed the tip of the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was standing on a precast bed instructing a team member to strike a buttress to straighten the stressed strand in the form. The buttress spun due to the impact from the hammer and pressure from the strand. The pressure from the strand then pulled the buttress through the opening. The strand struck the employee's foot, knocking him off his feet and landing on his shoulder. The employee sustained an ankle injury and a dislocated left shoulder.

An employee was sanding the rough edges of a concrete wall while standing on a yard trailer platform when the employee tripped and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground, suffering a head injury and requiring hospitalization.

After working with pre-cast concrete parts, an employee felt sick and then fell. The employee struck their head and required hospitalization.

An employee was standing on a bag of bentonite clay composite when it ignited and the employee's pants leg caught on fire. The employee then went to remove a gasoline can from a dual-axle trailer and sustained burns to his arms, right hand, and the right side of his abdomen.

An employee was burning a brush pile. They poured gasoline on the fire, resulting in burns to his face, arms, and hands.

An employee was helping to put out a fire in a wok when hot cooking oil splashed onto the employee. They sustained second-degree burns.

Two employees were working on an empty above-ground 2,500-barrel crude oil tank. Employee 1 was welding while employee 2 was watching. Employee 1 saw fire behind the welding smoke and notified employee 2. Before they could get off the tank, they both fell in the tank and sustained burns from the fire.

An employee was pressing pyrotechnic composition into pellets using a pressure tablet press. Upon pouring the composition into the small hopper, the composition ignited and produced a flash fire. The employee sustained bilateral burns to the hands and face.

An employee was walking through the garage and stepped on a mechanic's creeper. His feet went out from under him and he fell, sustaining a fractured right femur.

An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.

A concrete mixer truck driver was walking up the stairs of the slump rack. They fell from the slump rack platform and landed on the ground in the wash-out area. The employee sustained fractures to their left scapula and lower back vertebrae.

An employee backed their concrete truck into place to begin unloading it into a concrete pump unit. He exited the vehicle, and went to the rear to unload. When he began unloading, the truck rolled backward and pinned him against the pump unit. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, both femurs, both tibias and fibulas, and their left ankle.

A mechanic was changing out an air spring on a concrete mixer truck cab. The air spring was receiving higher air pressure than it was designed to use, because of a faulty level check valve. This increased pressure caused the air spring to burst. Its top portion separated and struck the employee's left forearm, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.