Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc.

An employee was exiting a mailroom when she tripped over a rug in the hallway and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

An employee was emptying trash from a small collection unit (hopper) into a much larger collection unit (roll-off dumpster). This required the employee to stage the hopper up and over the roll-off dumpster with a forklift and then dismount the forklift to manually pull a mechanical lever that releases the hopper vault and dumps the hopper contents into the roll-off. The employee grabbed the releasing handle with his right hand and placed his left-hand fingers on the bottom cross-section of the hopper between the bottom of the forklift fork and the hopper frame. When he released the hopper vault, the hopper frame sprang suddenly and violently upwards until it stopped by the bottom of the fork and created a pinch point. The employee's left-hand ring, middle, and index fingertips were caught and amputated in the pinch point.

An employee was diagnosing the cause of a rear light malfunction on a forklift when the reverse gear engaged. The forklift moved backward and contacted the employee causing a metatarsal fracture in their left foot and injury to their lower right leg.

An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a customer's truck as it was backing out of a parking spot. The truck pinned the employee's left leg against the cart mule they were using. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg and required surgery.

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

An employee took a picture of the seal and license plate on a delivery truck after loading. The truck then reversed back to the dock and pinned the injured employee against the dock. The employee sustained an abdominal fracture.

An employee was between a milling machine and an 18-wheeler belly dump when the 18-wheeler backed up and ran over his feet and legs. The employee was caught between the front of the milling machine and the truck. The employee sustained fractures to their hip, leg, and feet.

An employee was re-lighting a fire in a wood waste boiler using diesel fuel when the diesel flashed and caused second-degree burns to their hands.

An employee was working from a step ladder and putting grease in a fitting on a cylinder door. His leg was caught between two of the ladder's rungs and the ladder folded up. He fell and broke his leg.

On June 10, 2024, an employee was grinding mulch in a tub grinder. A front end loader was unloading mulch into the tub grinder and ran over his ankle, breaking it and also causing a hairline fracture to his pelvis. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On January 17, 2024, an employee was working on a roller machine when a piece of metal lacerated their right forearm, causing tendon injury. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

An employee was troubleshooting the cause of a noise coming from the tilt hoist infeed motor. To replace the bolt on the tilt hoist flywheel, the employee turned it with his hands to ensure the bolt was on. One hand on top of the bolt and one hand on the bottom of the belt when his right little finger was lacerated and partially amputated at the first joint.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.