American Greetings Corporation

An employee was setting up a display for party goods in a retail store. She stepped backward off the display base and fell 12 inches to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.

An employee was on the ground level removing a box from a 72-inch-high storage rack. As the employee stepped backward, she tripped over an adjacent pallet box and fell, sustaining fractures to the hip and left wrist.

An employee fractured his left foot when it was caught between a concrete curb and the forklift he was operating.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.

An employee was setting up a display for party goods in a retail store. She stepped backward off the display base and fell 12 inches to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed envelope from a press when their right hand was pulled into the rollers, crushing their thumb, index and middle fingers.

An employee was walking outside to his car when he slipped on ice/slush and fell on the sidewalk. The employee went to get up and fell again, resulting in a right ankle/foot fracture.

An employee was descending a ladder when she missed the last step and fell, breaking her left kneecap.

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.