Altec Industries

An employee was working to get a bundle of 16-gauge sheet metal from a pallet into a laser. The employee was placing wooden blocks (spacers) between the bundle and the pallet so forklift forks could get under the bundle and lift it. The employee's finger was caught between the bundle and a wooden block, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was performing manufacturing tasks when the product collapsed inside of the steel tube of a mandrel. The employee then began removing the defective product. While the employee manually rotated the mandrel, their left middle finger was pinched between the mandrel and the positioning saddle on the underside of the mandrel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was rigging a crane to pick up a piece of channel off the top shelf of a material rack. The employee was using a 4-foot step ladder. While stepping down, the employee missed a step and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a femoral neck fracture of the right hip and was hospitalized.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was using a punch and hammer to remove a pin from the mast of a forklift. The mast was secured by an overhead crane. The mast shifted, and the employee's thumb was pinched between the mast and the punch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his left thumb.

On September 22, 2025, an employee tripped and fell over a permanent fixture (angle iron) that serves as a parking block in the back of a facility. He suffered a fractured right hip and was hospitalized.

An employee was helping a customer with repairs on their trailer. While lowering the ramp door of the trailer, the customer dropped the door and it contacted the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was working to lay a part in the vise of the band saw in preparation for cutting. The left vise closed, pinching his fingertips against the part. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained a laceration to the index finger requiring stitches.

On April 8, 2025, an employee entered an engine test cell to de-harness an engine and was exposed to hot water resulting in burns and hospitalization.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.