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A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

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.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.

An employee was using a table saw to cut wedges for a deck when the wood jumped and his right palm was lacerated by the blade.

An employee was sweeping in an area with powdered PVC on the floor and began having difficulty breathing and coughing up blood, The employee was hospitalized for inhalation of PVC.

An employee had been conducting crane operations. The employee went to stop a piece of oil and gas equipment for tubular running from falling over to the ground. Their right hand was caught between a rolling ladder and the equipment, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. They were hospitalized and the middle finger required surgery.

An employee was cleaning the floor by a belt conveyor when their right arm contacted the pulley/belting. His arm was pulled into the conveyor assembly, resulting in a fracture to his upper arm.

An employee was clearing a mud line on a clarifier used for sugarcane manufacturing. A valve was open and mud that was remaining in the line flowed onto the employee causing burns to his stomach and inner thigh area.

An employee was at the loading dock working to manually move an oversized load off of a pallet that was sitting on another pallet. The oversized load (a gas cylinder cradle) tipped over and crushed the employee's right leg against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to their ankle/leg requiring surgery.

After clearing a plugged cement feed chute underneath a silo, the injured employee asked a coworker to "bump" the rotary feeder to confirm material flow had resumed. The rotary feeder's inspection port was open, and dust was escaping until the injured employee covered the hole. Material then built up and prevented a visual inspection inside the feeder. The injured employee then instructed the coworker at the operating switch to stop the machine. While the feeder was still rotating due to inertia, the injured employee pushed the packed material out of the inspection port. A rotating blade partially amputated their right index fingertip.

An employee was assembling composite components at an assembly press. Her left little fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point.

An employee was using a shear to cut metal when the blade cut his left ring finger and amputated his left little finger.

An employee had been tasked with hauling large rocks. There was a rock caught in the tailgate of the dump truck that was preventing it from opening. He went to get the rock out and the tailgate came down, crushing his right middle fingertip. The employee sustained a fracture of the distal phalanx and required surgery.

Two employees were replacing cartridge filters at the recycle oil filter in a hydrocracking unit. While removing compression springs from the top of the filters located within the filter pot, vapors that had accumulated within the filter tubes ignited, causing a flash fire. Both employees suffered burns to multiple body parts and were hospitalized.

An employee was working from the ground, connecting/disconnecting railcars within a storage yard. He was adjusting a railcar coupling with his foot. The employee's right foot was fractured and lacerated by the coupler as the railcars were coming together.

An employee was grating sweet potatoes on a harvester when their right ring finger got caught in a belted chain on the harvester, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was applying pressure to a tank car loaded with caustic soda solution for post-load leak testing. He twisted the valve plug to check it for leaks when it broke free, releasing the caustic soda solution through the opening. The employee suffered chemical burns to both eyes and to his respiratory tract.

An employee was removing a plug from a 3-inch pipe located under a drum. As they loosened seals on the plug, they were sprayed with hot water, resulting in thermal burns to their right arm, right abdomen, right thigh, and left hand.

An employee was helping to repair the bumper of a school bus. As a piece of wood was being used to bend the bumper, the wood struck the employee, resulting in swelling and a hematoma in their abdominal area.

An employee bent down between stacked bundles of 4-inch metal pipe to confirm an inventory tag. The top bundle on his right side (weighing about 1,700 pounds) slid off the bottom bundle and pinned his right leg against another bundle of pipe. He was hospitalized with four fractures to the leg and required surgery.

An employee was hooking up a hydraulic attachment on a forklift. When pressure was released from the hydraulic system's hose, the arm of the forklift came down on the employee's left foot and broke it.

At 11:15 on September 8, 2025, an employee's hand was caught and injured by a gear as the employee was cleaning out a gearbox. His left middle finger was injured, and he underwent a medical amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was bending down while straightening a stack of sweaters. She turned to answer a question, lost her balance, and fell to the floor, injuring her right hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.