Trane U.S. Inc.

An employee was standing on a ladder drilling a hole in the wall to install the control circuit for a new HVAC system. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.

On July 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., an employee was removing a flow meter located approximately 8.5 feet off the ground on a heated water system. The building was almost complete, so the heating and chilled water systems were operational. The employee was standing on the second rung from the bottom of the 6-foot A-frame ladder that was placed on a 6-foot concrete pad in the locked position. When the meter probe was removed, 180 F water under pressure struck the employee, causing him to fall backward off the ladder and resulting in a fractured ankle and hot water burns to both arms and his back.

An employee was dumping trash into a dumpster. The employee fell from the dock into a gap between the dumpster and a bay door, suffering a broken left femur. The employee needed surgery.

An employee was rolling an 800-pound reel of aluminum into the storage area when his left index finger was caught and amputated between two reels.

An employee ran into a flatbed trailer while driving a golf cart, suffering rib fractures that required hospitalization.

An employee pulled out a bucket of hot oil from under the fryer. The employee then stood on the table to clean the back wall. He stepped down into the bucket of hot oil, resulting in third-degree burns to his left leg.

An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.

After completing a run with an oil distributor truck, an employee was working to return (suction) the hot oil to the tank of the truck. When the employee opened one of the valves, hot oil (approximately 385 degrees) sprayed their face, resulting in first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a water hose to clean debris out of the outfeed of a log conditioning vat. Water began entering the vat from the adjoining vat through a void in the separation wall at the infeed of the vats. As the employee was exiting the vat he had been working in using the access opening at the outfeed, hot water exiting the access opening entered the top of his protective hip wader. It pooled at the bottom of the wader and burned his left foot and ankle.

The belt on an air compressor had just been put back into place after turning upside down. An employee was working to take a picture of the identifying numbers on the belt so that a replacement could be ordered when the compressor rolled, causing the pulley to spin. The employee's right index finger was caught between the pulley and the belt, and the fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was receiving a 660-pound beverage vending machine for repair. While the machine was being moved from the back of the van to the lift gate, the caster wheel was caught between the van and the lift, causing the machine to fall onto the employee and pin him from the waist down. The employee was hospitalized with three pelvic fractures, a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), injury to a knee cap, and pain in the lower back/spine.

An employee was debugging/troubleshooting the teach sensor on a load-handling device (LHD) inside of a cell. The LHD unexpectedly moved to the home location and struck the employee on their head. The employee sustained a head injury, an aspiration-induced lung injury, and fractures to his lower back and right ankle.

An employee was using a miter saw to cut a piece of wood when the board jumped out from the saw, resulting in a partial amputation to his left thumb.

An employee was walking through a parking deck to the office when he tripped on a curb and struck his face on a parked truck. The employee was hospitalized for internal injuries and bruising to the right side of the body.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.