Lornamead, Inc.

Employees were changing a HEPA filter on top of a pre-weigh booth. The injured employee was unable to reach the housing from a scissor left. He went onto the roof of the booth to unscrew the housing from the old filter. When the injured employee shifted his weight, the roof collapsed. He fell to the floor inside the booth and sustained fractures to his wrists and hips.

An employee was cleaning product out of a hose/pump. Moving parts caught the employee's finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

A maintenance employee was cleaning a moving drive chain on a conveyor belt when the employee's hand was caught in a pinch point in the machinery, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was snaking out a drain when a piece of glass came up from the drain and flew into the employee's mouth. The employee was hospitalized due to the ingestion of a piece of glass.

An employee hosed down the floor and then used his hands to squeegee the floor when a metal sliver got stuck in their finger, resulting in a puncture wound that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 5, 2024, a stunt performer was rehearsing a stunt in which a cable pulled him into a stack of cushioned mats. He twisted in mid-air and his feet struck a mat, resulting in a dislocated foot and broken ankle. He was hospitalized.

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to retrieve a chemical tote from a staging lane. He inserted the pallet jack under the tote and began to back up. After moving backward for approximately 15 feet, the employee tripped on a collapsible tote. As he fell, the pallet jack ran over his left foot. His ankle was lacerated and his foot was fractured.

An employee was installing network infrastructure at a client's distribution center. He was transporting a box measuring approximately 23 inches by 12 inches to a truck yard and walking along a narrow path adjacent to a trench that measured approximately 5.5 to 6 feet deep, 10 to 12 feet long, and 18 to 24 inches wide. Gravel on the path shifted beneath the employee's foot, causing him to lose balance and fall into the trench. He landed on his left side and struck a 4-inch PVC conduit pipe located at the bottom of the trench. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his fourth, fifth, and sixth ribs on the left side.

An employee mixed sodium hydroxide pellets into a 55-gallon drum of hot water. A chemical reaction occurred and mixture splashed out of the drum, causing burns to the employee's face and neck. Personal protective equipment was not in place at the time.

An employee was cleaning a centrifugal pump. As he was cleaning a nozzle, his hand was caught in the inlet of the pump. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

A line leader was crouched down observing the chain and sprocket on a carpet filling machine for maintenance or repair when another employee got his right index finger caught between the chain and sprocket. Skin and the fingernail were removed and the employee required surgical amputation of the fingertip to the first knuckle.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.