CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

An employee was replacing the drive tire on a standup forklift. He used a hydraulic jack to lift the forklift and remove the worn tire. While installing the new tire, the forklift came off the jack and pinned his left hand under the drive tire. The employee sustained a broken left hand and required surgical amputation of the little finger.

An employee was training another employee on a hoist and heavy assembly operations for powered industrial vehicle manufacturing. One employee was lowering the power unit down when the injured employee's hand was caught and pinched between the power unit and a stationary piece of equipment. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was offloading equipment from a trailer when his thumb was caught between the trailer bed and the main frame. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to his thumb that required surgery.

On September 16, 2022, an employee was hoisting a product from a CNC mill. The employee's left index finger was caught between the product and a positioning bolt as they guided the hoist. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip without bone loss.

An employee was servicing a lift truck for a customer at the costumer's site when the employee collided with a stationary object and suffered a broken foot.

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 using a punch and hammer to remove a pin from the mast of a forklift. The mast was secured by an overhead crane. The mast shifted, and the employee's thumb was pinched between the mast and the punch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his left thumb.

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 working to lay a part in the vise of the band saw in preparation for cutting. The left vise closed, pinching his fingertips against the part. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained a laceration to the index finger requiring stitches.

On April 8, 2025, an employee entered an engine test cell to de-harness an engine and was exposed to hot water resulting in burns and hospitalization.

An employee was servicing a manlift when their little finger became caught in the machinery and the finger was amputated.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.