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An employee was involved in a verbal altercation with another employee during a break that escalated into a physical assault. The injured employee was struck in the face and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for injuries to eye and head resulting in a brain bleed.

An employee was putting plates on a machine for a job change and pinched his right middle finger between the table plate and the apron. The finger was amputated.

While training another employee on swabbing techniques on a glass forming machine, an employee experienced cramping in the hands, legs, and stomach. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration and a muscle injury.

An employee was swabbing a glass mold when his hand was caught by the funnel arm, burning the palm of his hand.

An employee was using his left hand to push an axle down the line on a raised track work area while holding the remaining axle back with his right hand. A finger on his right hand was caught between the rail and the dust guard of the axle, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

An employee was moving metal out of a cart. He had removed one piece and was working to move another when the metal shifted. His right ring finger was crushed between the two pieces, and he suffered a partial amputation to the finger pad at the tip.

A load of steel angles was being lowered when the lifting chain hit the load, causing it to slide toward an employee. An angle slid and pinched the employee, catching both of their legs between the beams and an angle. The employee suffered two fractured legs.

Employees were replacing a 24" pig trap door. A strap was shackled on the pig trap door and connected to a forklift. Welders began to cut the door off. An employee was holding onto the door when the cut was finished. The door shifted and caught his fingers, resulting in a hand injury and amputation.

An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was working at an individual selection machine when he began to suffer heat stress, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was stepping down from stairs to a concrete floor and her left ankle buckled, resulting in a fracture that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a conveyor system when a pallet became stuck. The employee was adjusting the sensor when the pallet came free and crushed their left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Three employees were cleaning out a dust collector that had jammed. They removed they auger to facilitate cleaning. The injured employee's right hand became entangled in a rotary airlock valve, resulting in an amputation of the first digit of their right index finger that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was involved in a verbal altercation with another employee during a break that escalated into a physical assault. The injured employee was struck in the face and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for injuries to eye and head resulting in a brain bleed.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

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.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.