Superior Health Linens

An employee was opening a precast concrete form and rolled his ankle. The employee required surgery on his ankle.

An employee had finished applying pesticide in an area. As he walked away, he slipped; he did not fall, but suffered a lower back sprain.

An employee was unstrapping a secured load on the back of a vehicle. She lost her balance, then suffered a broken right leg while trying to catch herself. She was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping onto a short ladder to reach and connect an electrical line when he slipped. The lower portion of the right side of his ribcage struck the deck at the top of the ladder, resulting in a lacerated spleen. The employee required surgery.

An employee was preparing to conduct a 6-foot welding operation to repair a ladle plate. When he stepped forward on a scaffolding platform to conduct the weld, his right foot slipped and his right ankle was wrenched and broken. He was hospitalized.

An employee opened an office door, then moved away from it, at which point their left little finger was crushed in the door frame. The employee suffered an open wound to the finger with a nailbed injury, an exposed tendon, and a fracture, resulting in hospitalization.

On August 6, 2025, an employee was placing cardboard into a cardboard compactor when his right middle and index fingertips were amputated. The employee was hospitalized for hand surgery.

An employee was performing sheet pressing. The employee reached down to the right to get a sheet. The damp sheets were heavy and the employee placed his left arm on the lower presser. The employee reached to remove the cover from the bin to get a sheet when the unguarded switch was inadvertently activated causing the presser to actuate the upper press. The upper presser closed down on the employee's arm resulting in hospitalization with burns.

An employee was fixing a steam leak from a boiler. He used rope to secure the manhole cover while venting residual steam from the manhole opening. When he released tension on the rope, the manhole cover dropped into the tank and splashed hot water onto the employee. He sustained first- and second-degree burns to his right arm and first-degree burns to his upper chest.

An employee was operating a laundry press and amputated two fingers.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

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.

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 on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.