Atwood Distributing, LP

An employee was walking in the feed area to retrieve straps when he stepped over a pallet and tripped over the cardboard. He fell to the ground on his left left hip and fractured it.

An employee was going outside to check a water pump after a rain storm. The ground was wet from both the rain and oil that had spilled from a cracked bucket; he slipped, fell to the ground, and suffered a broken left hip. He was hospitalized.

An employee was opening freight boxes with a pocket knife when the knife slipped and contacted their index finger, resulting in amputation of the finger pad.

An employee was standing on a bale of hay to pull a separate bale of hay from the top of a semi-truck bed for a customer. The bales of hay were held together by metal baling wire. When the employee went to undo the bale, the metal baling wire broke, causing him to fall off the hay bale and land on his left hip. The employee suffered a broken left hip.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the pallet jack jumped backward, smashing her thumb between the pallet jack and a cardboard bailer. The employee suffered a crushing injury to her left thumb and a possible amputation.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

An employee was walking down the off ramp from a box truck, carrying a door for delivery. A strong wind caught the door, causing the employee to lose balance and fall about 2 to 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and suffered a broken vertebra.

An employee was loading lumber from a rack into his truck by hand. He fell from the truck to the ground and sustained a fractured hip.

An employee was delivering lumber to a customer's job site. He was using a truck-mounted forklift to transport the material to the staging area. The surface of the path of travel changed from asphalt to soil and rock with a slight downward grade. When the forklift moved onto the softer surface, it sank into the ground and its center of gravity shifted forward, causing it to tip over. The employee's right arm sustained a closed, supracondylar humerus fracture.

An employee was helping two forklift operators move and inventory flat sheet metal that was staged on racks. The metal fell off one side and struck the employee's arms and abdomen. The employee sustained a laceration above the left eye, a left forearm injury, and a ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was cleaning a press machine when their right ring finger became caught in the press, resulting in the amputation of the finger.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.