Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC

On September 13, 2024, the injured employee was walking through an aisle where a co-worker was removing pallets from the racking system using an order picker. The corner of a pallet being moved contacted the corner of a skid next to it, causing two empty pallets to fall 12 to 16 feet from the racking onto the injured employee. The employee sustained a laceration and contusions to the back of their head and left shoulder.

An employee was unloading a trailer onto a dock when they stepped and fell into the space between the trailer and the dock. The employee sustained a lower right leg fracture.

On January 23, 2023, an employee was setting up a press roller for applying glue to boards when her right ring finger became pinched between the frame and the movable non-motorized outfeed platform. The finger was amputated just below the top knuckle.

On August 11, 2022, at 6:04 AM, an employee was clearing a jam in a wood grinding machine when a flash fire occurred causing second-degree burns to the employee's right arm, from the elbow to the fingertips.

An employee was cleaning fiber off a roller drive belt. The employee's left index fingertip got caught where the roller drive belt meets the belt wheel resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was operating a rider pallet jack when it struck a stand-up forklift. The forks struck both of the employee's ankles, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was using an electric jack to load a pallet onto a truck when he was struck from behind by a forklift, resulting in a laceration to his right leg.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was operating an electric double-pallet jack. He was coming out of the new extension through the separation curtains when his pallet jack struck an electric forklift. The forklift landed on the employee's right foot, fracturing the big toe and second toe.

Two forklift drivers were stopped next to each other and were talking. The injured employee leaned out of their forklift as the other forklift was leaving and they became pinned between the two forklifts. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a lacerated lung.

An employee was operating a forklift when it collided with another forklift at an intersection. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg from a rack of battery plates on the forks of the other truck.

On September 13, 2024, the injured employee was walking through an aisle where a co-worker was removing pallets from the racking system using an order picker. The corner of a pallet being moved contacted the corner of a skid next to it, causing two empty pallets to fall 12 to 16 feet from the racking onto the injured employee. The employee sustained a laceration and contusions to the back of their head and left shoulder.

An employee was operating a panel saw. The machine malfunctioned and the employee went behind it to try and fix it. When he adjusted a valve, the machine activated and moved forward trapping him between the beam and the wood preparing to load. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to the abdomen and chest areas.

An employee was cutting wood parts on a band saw. The saw cut her left index finger at the knuckle closest to the palm and the employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

An employee was clearing a jam in a T-nut insertion machine when it cycled, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

An employee was building wood frames using a frame stapler when a staple discharged into their left wrist.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.