American Atelier, Inc.

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 cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was using a meat saw to slice pork when the blade amputated their right little fingertip.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was flipping over a solid surface and the weight injured their back. The employee was hospitalized.

On March 19, 2025, at 1:35 p.m., two employees were loading a tractor trailer that was backed into a dock and connected to the dock lift. The driver began to drive away while the employees were still on the dock lift, which then collapsed. The injured employee fell to the ground, resulting in a right hip contusion that required hospitalization.

An employee was emptying scrap from a hopper into a metal dumpster. The employee released the hopper latch and his left index finger was caught between the fork and the hopper frame. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee was loading a truck with product, reached to open the shipping door but grabbed a loading bar instead, causing him to fall out of the door. The employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground and sustained a fracture to the lower right leg.

On May 8, 2024, at approximately 10:50 PM, an employee was using a compressed air gun to clean the single-sided edge banding machine and unjam it when the blade amputated her left middle fingertip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.