Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.

An employee was carrying signs to the front of a nursery when they tripped on a curb and fell, resulting in a twisted left ankle and fractured right shoulder.

An employee was removing plant flats from a pulley conveyor and was adjusting plants on the conveyor. The employee put their left hand under a flat to fix it, and their glove got caught on a pulley, resulting in amputation of the left little finger.

An employee was replacing plastic sheeting while standing on the beam of a greenhouse roof when they fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a rib fracture and left wrist injury.

An employee had been trimming plants at a nursery and experienced chest pains. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration.

An employee pulled on a conveyor belt to adjust it, and his left little finger was caught between the belt and a roller. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was riding on the side of an all-terrain forklift when they fell into the space between the gas tank and the right rear tire. The employee was run over by the the right rear tire, resulting in fractures to their neck, pelvis, and right leg.

Employees were moving a paving machine. The machine had been pulled forward, then put in reverse to back up a hill, when it revved up and went out of control. It had moved about 40 feet when one employee jumped out of it and was dragged under it. A second employee rode about another 40 feet, then jumped out to avoid a steep embankment. The first employee suffered a broken pelvis, and the second employee suffered a broken lower leg. Both were hospitalized.

An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.

An employee was driving a forklift. He fell off the machine during a turn, and one of its wheels broke his left foot. He was hospitalized.

An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck two parked forklifts. The impact caused the employee to be ejected from the pallet jack, and his right foot became trapped between the forklifts, resulting in a severe laceration to the foot.

An employee was loading flowers into a refrigerated box truck for delivery when they slipped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was working to exit their workspace when they tripped over a desk drawer. The employee fell to the ground on his left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip and required surgery.

An employee was walking in the parking lot when he tripped while stepping up onto a curb and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was replacing plastic sheeting while standing on the beam of a greenhouse roof when they fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a rib fracture and left wrist injury.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.