Lincoln Industries

An employee was operating a lathe machine. Their left arm was caught in the machine resulting in a forearm fracture.

An employee was completing maintenance to adjust a plating barrel on a saddle. The employee reached over the drive shaft and their shirt became caught in the shaft. As the employee reached to dislodge their shirt, the employee's glove became caught in the drive shaft, causing amputation of the right ring and little fingers.

Three employees were moving a cabinet through a storage room. The cabinet bumped a cart holding a rack; the rack began to teeter, then fell and struck one employee's right hand while it was on the handle of the cart. The employee's right little finger was medically amputated at the knuckle.

An employee was operating a hydraulic press and attempting to remove a cut piece of metal when the machine was actuated and amputated his left index and middle fingertips.

An employee was loading sprockets in the load station when a pneumatic malfunction occurred and the employee's left thumb was pinched, resulting in a partial amputation with tuft exposure/fracture.

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 welding lift arms when their shirt caught fire due to welding sparks or heat, resulting in thermal burns to their upper chest.

An employee was cleaning a seam with weather membrane cleaner. The cleaner soaked into the employee's gloves, and they caught fire when a cigarette was lit. The employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

The injured employee had been working with xylene in a paint booth and exited the paint booth for a smoke break. The employee dropped his lighter, causing his clothing to catch fire, possibly from xylene vapors. The employee sustained burns from their chest down to their thighs and was hospitalized.

An employee was charging the furnace when a spark from the furnace ignited and struck the employee's undershirt. The employee sustained burns to their lower back, hands, and front abdomen.

An employee placed an aluminum step ladder beside a tractor trailer and was removing a piece of scrap aluminum from the trailer that resulted from a motor vehicle accident. While coming down the ladder, the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T4 vertebra.

On August 26, 2025, an employee was repairing a pipe at a tank. The employee fell and slid down the tank, suffering severe lacerations to the lower arms. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 26, 2025, a temporary employee was assisting a mechanic. The employee was on an overhead crane, removing a chain hoist attachment over a large plating tank. When the platform of the crane was moved, the employee became caught between the platform's railing and a support beam. The employee sustained a punctured lung and fractures to their clavicles, humerus, and ribs.

An employee was adding an all purpose soak and electro cleaner chemical to a water tank to make a cleaner bath. An exothermic reaction caused the 200 F water to splash on him, and he suffered hot water and steam burns to the right side of his face, his upper right arm, the right side of his torso, and his right leg.

At 3:00 AM, on 2/18/2025, an employee was mixing chemicals. The employee had difficulty breathing due to inhalation of unknown chemicals. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

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 rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

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 cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.