Osram Sylvania Inc.

Three employees were investigating an H2S odor at a cooling tower. One of the employees removed the lid from the cooling tower and stuck a measuring rod in to measure the level. The employee put the lid back on and started walking away. The employee became lightheaded and fell onto the concrete walkway, requiring hospitalization for a concussion and skull fracture.

An employee was working at the former machine. As the employee attempted to pull out a full stack of trays from inside the machine, the stack pusher engaged upwards to push the trays. The stack pusher caught and partially amputated the employee's right-hand middle finger.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

While walking back to a truck from a work area, an employee slipped on loose rocks, fell, and suffered a back injury.

An employee was leaving her work station. As she was walking away, she tripped over a cart rail and fell, resulting in contusions and lacerations to both knees, a dislocated finger, and a severe laceration to the palm of her right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been moving materials outdoors throughout the day and sustained heat exhaustion.

A temporary employee was shot in the stomach and left elbow by another temporary employee. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was waiting for a cassette pallet to advance to his station. The cassette settled on guide pins and fell into position where the employee's hand was. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.