Sealy, Inc.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was stepping down from an order picker when they tripped over the forks of another electric pallet jack that was parked nearby and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a displaced pilon fracture to their left tibia.

An employee was using a rotary saw and lacerated their left index and middle fingers, resulting in an amputation that required hospitalization.

On January 11, 2023, an employee was operating a saw machine. He stepped onto the cutting table and fell backward approximately 20 inches onto the floor. He struck his head and neck on the metal frame of the equipment and was hospitalized.

The injured employee had been using a powered industrial truck to unload a delivery of foam buns coming into the plant. He went to assist the operator of a carousel saw in getting a foam bun to go through the saw. The injured employee got on top of the foam bun which was on the saw table and his hands and knees depressed into the bun. His left kneecap was lacerated by the saw blade as the bun went through the saw. The employee was hospitalized with tendon damage that required surgery.

On December 12, 2022, an employee was picking a pallet out of a pallet rack with a stand-up forklift. She then backed the forklift away from the rack and the forklift struck another pallet rack behind the employee. Her left index finger was caught between the forklift and the rack resulting in amputation between the first and second knuckles.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.