Horizon Global

An employee was operating a pallet jack when they were caught between a rack rail and the pallet jack, resulting in crush injuries to the chest.

An employee was driving a stand-up reach truck when it struck shelving and he was caught between the reach truck and a fixed shelving unit. The employee sustained a pelvic injury and a hernia.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.

An employee was working from a step ladder, changing a bulb on a ceiling light fixture. He was electrocuted, causing him to fall off the step ladder onto a concrete countertop, fracturing several ribs.

An employee was welding a metal part. Welding slag burned through his pants and fell into his boot, burning the metatarsal area of his right foot.

An employee had arrived at work and placed their stuff down on a desk. The employee was walking away when they tripped on their feet and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee was stepping from a railcar to a work platform and missed the step. They fell approximately 14 feet from the railcar to the ground and sustained a broken wrist and fractured pelvis and were hospitalized.

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when she tripped at a landing and fell, landing nine stairs below. She suffered two broken arms (one of them a spiral fracture) and was hospitalized.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.