ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT

An employee was working to reposition a spacer located between pinch roll mounting blocks on a slitter machine. He was standing to the side of the control panel with one hand on the control switch. While reaching for the spacer with his other hand, the control panel was inadvertently pressed and the pinch rolls closed, causing his left index finger to get caught between the upper and lower mounting blocks. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

On October 28, 2017, an employee was walking to a forklift when he tripped over the safety bumper, which is on the floor of the facility as a safety measure to separate forklift traffic from the pedestrian walkway. The employee fell to the floor and injured his right knee and left elbow.

On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.

An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.

An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.

An employee was working to reposition a spacer located between pinch roll mounting blocks on a slitter machine. He was standing to the side of the control panel with one hand on the control switch. While reaching for the spacer with his other hand, the control panel was inadvertently pressed and the pinch rolls closed, causing his left index finger to get caught between the upper and lower mounting blocks. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was sanding a conduit pipe inside a CNC lathe. The employee's left hand and arm became entangled in the running clamp of the machine and the employee sustained a broken left forearm.

An employee was unjamming a piece on a shape pultrusion line. Once the piece was trimmed back, an employee realigned the second puller on the line so that the cured piece could pass through the second puller. When the cycle was engaged, the machine amputated the tip of the employee's right thumb.

An employee was operating a hoist to lift material. His left index finger became pinched between a D-ring (lifting device) and the material being lifted, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was setting up a cable loop machine and training employees on the set-up procedures. As the employee loaded product, the clamp closed on their left hand and amputated their index finger. The employee had surgery.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.