Safety Incidents

An employee was helping a customer with repairs on their trailer. While lowering the ramp door of the trailer, the customer dropped the door and it contacted the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was disconnecting a piece of inlet pipe from the water pump of a large engine and removed one of the three remaining bolts. The piping then rotated downward and the flange swung into the engine damper next to the water pump. The employee's left hand was caught between the flange and the damper, resulting in a crushing injury and broken bones to their hand and little finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was repairing a compact track loader. He was removing supports from the lift arms when the lift arms fell and trapped him under the machine. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a broken leg. He also sustained twisted vertebrae, a crushed jugular vein, a fractured shoulder, fractured ribs, and required staples to his head.

An employee was working on the tilt actuator of a powered wheelchair in a customer's home. The bolt slipped out of the actuator and the seat assembly fell down onto his right thumb, amputating it at the base of the fingernail.

An employee was walking behind a trailer with the ramp in the up position. The ramp was bumped, causing it to fall onto the back of their ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a torn tendon.