Rittal North America LLC

An employee was standing on a platform while cleaning a tank. The employee was moving a hose when the hose unlatched the safety gate and the employee fell 10 feet onto concrete. The employee sustained broken teeth and a laceration to the chin.

An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.

A forklift operator was switching out a propane tank on his forklift when the tank leaked and sprayed his right hand, resulting in hospitalization due to liquid propane burns. PPE (gloves) were not worn at the time of the incident.

On September 2, 2025, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee was setting a rest die in a press when the die slipped off the parallels. One of the employee's fingertips became caught in the die, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

On August 19, 2025, an employee was changing tooling on a sizing machine. The employee's left ring fingertip was pinched between the tooling and the machine and was partially amputated.

An employee was loading pipe into a flare machine when a part clamp caught her right hand. The hand was lacerated and broken. A light curtain was in place at the time of the incident.

A maintenance employee was working on the roof of a small office inside the facility. The employee fell through the ceiling and landed on the floor inside the office. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

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.