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An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.

An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

An employee was using a cordless circular saw to relieve the long edge of a 1/2" rabbit cut on a 1 1/2" piece of chair rail trim. The piece of chair rail kicked out of the employee's hand and his left hand contacted the rotating saw blade. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated and he sustained lacerations to the middle, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was standing on the ground awaiting the lowering of a pipe. After the pipe was lowered to the ground by a skid steer, it rolled and struck the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting the upper limit switch for an ash expeller. He slipped off the ladder and his left ring finger was caught between the expeller piping and the moving ram cylinder, resulting in a finger fracture and an amputated fingertip.

An employee tripped and fell to the ground while walking into work. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated left proximal humerus.

An employee was turning and repositioning a patient when they strained their lower back. The employee was hospitalized with a herniated disc.

An employee was descending the stairs when he slipped on a grape and fell down seven steps, resulting in injuries to his lower back and pelvis.

An employee was struck in the shoulder by a scissor lift that was being lifted by a telehandler. The employee suffered a broken collarbone.

A employee's left index finger was pulled into a capstan, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.

An employee was working on running a line for a new water treatment system in a customer's basement. The employee was on a ladder to run the line when the ladder kicked out and the employee fell, sustaining four fractured ribs, a partially collapsed lung, and a chest wall muscle tear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working to determine why the hopper doors on a crusher were not raising. He was looking under the canopy when one of the doors came down and hit his left side, pushing his left elbow against his ribcage and throwing him about 10 to 15 feet. He suffered broken ribs, a bruised lung, and an injury to the arm.

Pile-driving operations were being conducted when a steel I-beam broke loose and fell horizontally. The beam hit an excavator and rolled into an employee who was standing nearby, signaling commands to the excavator operator. The employee's leg was fractured and nearly severed.

An employee was replacing the heating element on a small steam sterilizer when they were burned by hot water and steam on their arms, chest, abdomen, and thighs.

An employee was walking in the hallway when she slipped and fell on the floor, sustaining a fractured left patella, nausea, and lightheadedness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was on a ladder to take measurements for a window installation. As they were reaching to take a measurement, they fell off the ladder, resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was cutting pork ribs using a vertical band saw. The saw blade amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

An employee was walking between two tanks when he stepped into a sump pit that was missing its metal grate. His leg was submerged in sulfuric acid, and he suffered chemical burns to the lower part of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 1, 2025, at 12:00 PM, an employee was installing sheet metal clips on ductwork and began descending a step ladder when he missed the last step. The employee fell onto his left side on the concrete floor and sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was attending a meeting and cans of aerosol spray paint were being used nearby. The employee was hospitalized with a respiratory injury from the airborne particulates.

An employee was inspecting a flatbed truck for air leaks. A forklift was offloading a pallet from the flatbed truck when the pallet caught the edge of a bundled lumber unit. The lumber unit slid off the bed of the truck and struck the employee's hip. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a hip injury.