Advanced Technology Services

At about 10:05 a.m. on September 13, 2022, an employee was repairing a machine with a loose cylinder. He had locked out the main control panel and shut off all air; he was aligning the cylinder with the yoke mounts to insert a new bolt that would secure the cylinder. The cylinder still had pressure in it, and it extended 2 inches when it was moved. His left hand was crushed between the cylinder yoke and the framework of a skip hoist bucket. He suffered a broken index finger and a laceration to the palm.

An employee was climbing a ladder when it slipped out from under him. He fell 5-7 feet to the floor below, suffering a head laceration, a broken wrist, and a possible spleen injury.

The employee was installing a gear box at the Diedeshiem machine tool station (used in cutting metals for making toilet valves). The employee was using a hydraulic jack to align the gear box on the motor of the machine. His hand got stuck between the gear box disc and the motor case. His left hand pinky finger was amputated and his ring finger was also injured.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee in the warehouse was working to pull a reel from under a rack when his finger was crushed between the reel and the rack. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee was riding on the rear step of a rear-loading trash truck. The truck hit a bump and the employee fell off the step, suffering multiple lacerations, contusions, road rash, and a broken arm and nose.

An employee pushing a copier machine slipped and fell. The employee sustained a spine injury.

An employee was at a customer's home installing home theater equipment when the employee slipped on icy stairs and fell, suffering a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a server rack from a truck when the rack fell over onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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.