Metform, L.L.C.

The employee was assisting to load parts onto a sorting table. An attachment to the forklift tub is filled with parts that are dumped on the sorting table. The forklift operator had just rolled over half a tub onto the sorting table. When the employee was removing a rollover bar from the bin, it broke free and came out of the bin. The tub shifted on the forklift forks and fell over landing on the employee's shoulder, ribs and hip area. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a lumbar hernia.

An employee was stepping from a bus onto the curb when they sustained a right strained hamstring.

An employee was walking on steps when they slipped and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping from a parking block down into a parking spot when he twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping down from a work platform to the ground when they rolled their left ankle and fractured it.

An employee was separating laundry and crossed over the conveyor belt to get to the other side of the room. As she was stepping off the conveyor belt, she heard a pop in her leg. She sustained a left tibia fracture.

An employee was positioning dunnage on a trailer while pipe was unloaded from a forklift. A pipe fell and the employee's right thumb and index finger were caught between the pipe and a piece of dunnage. The thumb was crushed, and the index fingertip was amputated.

An employee was using a lifting sling on a crane to move a straight-bar bundle and place it on top of an existing bundle. When moving the lifting sling, it became pinched between the bundle and a wood cleat. The bundle then fell onto the employee's left foot, resulting in crush injuries.

An employee was stacking metal tubes using a forklift. A stack became unstable and the employee got out of the forklift to steady it, instructing his helper to get into the forklift. The forklift movement caused some tubes to fall and strike the employee, resulting in an open fracture of his left hand.

An employee was setting up a flexible gear coupling hub in a lathe, preparing to bore it out to fit a shaft. The hub assembly was not secured in the chuck when the crane support was removed, and the employee's right little finger was caught between the hub assembly and the inside of the lathe. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was using a crowbar to loosen a flat bar when the crowbar struck the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized and required 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.