Glen-Gery Corporation - Hanley

An employee was moving a section of brick from a quality control inspection table/conveyor. The brick turned in her hand and wedged between the conveyor and a metal strut. Her right little finger was pinned between the brick and the strut, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was using lubricant on the bearings of a conveyor roller, which were not turning. They began to turn and a cube of bricks advanced on the conveyor, pinching his left ring finger against a roller. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was starting the hammer mill line from the control station. Once the start button is activated a short delay occurs before the machine starts moving. The employee then ran down two flights of stairs, lifted the rubber cover on the chute for the elevator bucket, and was caught by the equipment as it started to move. The employee sustained fractures to the ulna and radius in his right forearm and the right index finger was amputated to the second knuckle.

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 cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was using a meat saw to slice pork when the blade amputated their right little fingertip.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was operating a transfer car when it stopped moving. He noticed that a brick had fallen and jammed. When he went to remove the brick with a shovel, the car started moving and caught his left foot against the pit's concrete wall. He suffered a fracture and lacerations to the lower left leg.

On July 2, 2025, an employee was walking to a building through a shed used to store dirt and went to climb a 45-inch pile of loose clay material when they tripped and fell forward. The employee sustained a dislocated right ankle, torn ligaments, a fractured tibia, and sprains to the right ankle and leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was removing a jammed ceramic tile from the stacker line and broke the jammed tile with another tile. The tile shattered and a sharp piece remained stuck on the belt, lacerating his arm. The employee sustained a severe laceration above the wrist and nerve damage that required surgery.

An employee was removing debris/material from the door of the mixer when their right hand was caught in the auger of the mixer. The employee sustained right index and middle finger amputations from the paddle of the mixer.

On September 7, 2024, at approximately 2:00 PM, an employee was operating a golf cart inside the facility when they were thrown from the golf cart. The employee was hospitalized with facial fractures, a concussion, and a contusion.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.