Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives)

On August 1, 2024, an employee was working on a press and dumping scrap material from the center piece to a scrap barrel when their finger became caught in the hole of the center piece and was crushed between the center and the edge of the roller on the conveyor. The employee sustained an amputation of three-quarters of their finger.

An employee was using a press, a spacer, and a lift. The press and the spacer were being used together but were not permanently affixed to each other. At the end of the order, the employee clamped the spacer and the press together with a C-clamp and tried to remove them from the operation by flipping the press over. His fingers were pinched in the gap between the press and the spacer next to the C-clamp.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

Three employees were engaged in horseplay when one employee suffered a laceration to the abdomen, caused by a pocket knife. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on a step ladder and operating a hydraulic jack. The jack began shifting, causing the ladder to tip to the left. The employee caught himself as he was stepping down from the third rung of the ladder. When he stepped to the floor, his left foot rolled and twisted under his body weight, resulting in fractures to his tibia and fibula above the ankle.

On August 1, 2024, an employee was working on a press and dumping scrap material from the center piece to a scrap barrel when their finger became caught in the hole of the center piece and was crushed between the center and the edge of the roller on the conveyor. The employee sustained an amputation of three-quarters of their finger.

An employee was removing grating to change metal chip hoppers located in a pit. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet from the grate, landing in the metal chip hopper. The employee sustained a sprained right foot, a left foot fracture, and a fractured L5 vertebra.

An employee was using a hammer to hit a steel bearing and dislodge it from a shaft. A small piece of the bearing broke off and embedded in his stomach.

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.