American Made Products, Inc.

On July 20, 2022, at 11:30 AM, the injured employee was preparing to set up a dump trailer in the wash bay so the water could drain out of the dump bed. A co-worker lifted the dump trailer at the corner so the injured employee could set in place 5-6-inch long 2-inch square safety blocks. As the employee placed a safety block on the trailer frame under the raised dump bed, it dropped off the forklift fork onto their right index finger. The finger was fractured and about half of the flesh from the backside of the finger was removed without bone loss.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

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.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was working to dislodge a small piece of wood that had become stuck in a wood molder. The employee's glove became entangled in the machine's cutter head and the employee suffered a partial amputation to a finger on the right hand.

An employee was rolling a piece of structural channel on a roller table when the channel collided with steel tubing that was sitting on the roller table. One of the employee's fingers was hanging down over the piece of channel, and when it collided with the tube, their fingertip was severed. Approximately half of an inch of the employee's fingertip was amputated.

On November 21, 2024, an employee was operating a punch press running stone guard brackets. The press cycled while they were placing a part into the die, crushing their right hand. The employee was hospitalized with crushing injuries to their ring finger and an amputation of the little fingertip, and they required surgery.

An employee was inspecting and photographing a trailer unit when his left index finger was pinched between a hardware bar and the floor, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was cutting parts for toolboxes using a metal shear when the shear actuated and his right thumb was amputated to the base of the thumb.

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.