Allied Sales & Services Co

An employee was repairing the suspension of a semi-trailer. He was installing an air bag to the suspension when his left ring finger was crushed between the air bag and the suspension mounting beam. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was dislodging a towbar and hitch between two golf carts. The upper part of the employee's left index finger was pinched in the towbar/hitch, causing an amputation at the last joint.

An employee was loading a motor onto a trailer when he struck his left elbow against the radiator. His elbow was lacerated and became infected, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was helping a crew move a section of a grain conveyor that weighed 600-lbs into the proper configuration. The piece of equipment was sitting on a transport cart. While turning the cart to align it, the piece of equipment shifted and the employee's right middle finger was pinched in a small gap between the equipment and the cart. The employee pulled his gloved hand away and suffered a fingertip amputation.

On May 16, 2025, an employee was performing iron work. He was sliding a 3/4" x 2' x 4' bent plate across another plate to position it for installation. The bent plate crushed his left middle finger between the two steel plates. The distal bone was fractured and required a revision amputation.

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.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.

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.