Electronic Fluorocarbons LLC

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.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.

An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was walking in the parking lot from the office to the parts building when he slipped and fell due to winter conditions. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right tibia and fibula, requiring surgery.

An employee sustained a jaw laceration when air pressure released due to a blown gas line. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was loading a cryogenic liquid cylinder onto a cart to move onto a truck when their finger was caught between the cylinder and the cart frame. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated and they lost a nail.

An employee was manually moving blocks of dry ice when their right middle finger was pinched between a returning hydraulic arm and the railing around the conveyor belt system. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was pulling a cylinder onto the lift gate of a truck when the wheels of the cylinder became stuck on the plate. The employee pulled harder to get the wheels unstuck. The cylinder fell and struck him in the stomach, pushing him back into the rear of the truck. The employee sustained a fractured lower back.

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.