Acushnet Company

An employee was operating a forklift when it turned sharply and struck a building-support beam with his lower back/body between the truck and beam. He sustained a gluteal hematoma on his left side.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when their right hand was crushed between the pallet jack and a beam.

While an employee was working on machinery, a sprocket caused the amputation of the employee's right little fingertip at the nail.

An employee was injured while trying to clear a jam on an injection molding machine.

An employee sustained a hernia while carrying a 25-pound gas cylinder. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.

An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was operating a tapping machine. The rotating bit on the tapping arm caught his glove, and fractured his left little finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee stepped from a scissor lift onto metal shelving. The shelving gave out and the employee fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and a laceration to the scalp that required staples.

On November 26, 2024, at 3:08 p.m., an employee was exiting a building when wind pulled on the door and the employee lost their balance. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a head contusion.

An operator was removing a pipe from the forming machine. When the gate arm of the machine returned to its home position, it caught the end of the pipe, causing it to swing and strike the injured employee in the jaw. The injured employee sustained a fractured left jaw and neck injuries.

An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a storage rack. The employee sustained a partial thumb amputation.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.