Cooperative Laundry

An employee bent over to pick up sheets off the floor. As she as standing back up, her head struck a clamp on a piece of machinery, resulting in a skull fracture.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee opened an office door, then moved away from it, at which point their left little finger was crushed in the door frame. The employee suffered an open wound to the finger with a nailbed injury, an exposed tendon, and a fracture, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was walking when they slipped in some water but didn't fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in his right calf.

On August 6, 2025, an employee was placing cardboard into a cardboard compactor when his right middle and index fingertips were amputated. The employee was hospitalized for hand surgery.

An employee was performing sheet pressing. The employee reached down to the right to get a sheet. The damp sheets were heavy and the employee placed his left arm on the lower presser. The employee reached to remove the cover from the bin to get a sheet when the unguarded switch was inadvertently activated causing the presser to actuate the upper press. The upper presser closed down on the employee's arm resulting in hospitalization with burns.

An employee was fixing a steam leak from a boiler. He used rope to secure the manhole cover while venting residual steam from the manhole opening. When he released tension on the rope, the manhole cover dropped into the tank and splashed hot water onto the employee. He sustained first- and second-degree burns to his right arm and first-degree burns to his upper chest.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.