Brake Parts Inc.

On or about 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2015, an employee was preparing to change a powered industrial truck battery. Due to the end stops on the multi-level battery rack being bent out of place, the battery was positioned too far into the rack for the large suction cup on the automatic battery machine to reach it and pull the battery out. The employee used a strap to try to pull the battery forward and in doing so, his left pinky finger was pinched between the strap and a guardrail in the area, causing a fingertip amputation.

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 changing out the sensor wire on a sensor cap press. The machine actuated after the sensor was replaced, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left little finger.

A temporary employee was working on a plastic extrusion machine. The employee's left index finger got caught between the rotary gears, resulting an amputation to the finger.

An employee in the warehouse area was operating a semi-automated machine and noticed that the machine was not operating properly. He went to use a paper towel to clean the main rollers and his left hand was caught by the rollers. Two fingers were crushed.

An employee was walking to collect trash from a box at a work cell parts stand. A leg of the stand caught the employee's foot, causing the employee to lose balance, fall to the floor, and suffer a broken left elbow.

An employee's leg became entangled in a printer power cord. As she stepped backward, she got hung up and fell. She landed on her right side and suffered a broken right hip.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.