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An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee tripped over a bin and fell to the floor. She landed on her hip and braced herself with her arm, resulting in a fractured hip and wrist.

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was helping clean the bag house. He checked under the auger in the dust collection system to feel for airflow. His right hand was sucked up into the auger blade, resulting in amputation of the middle finger to the distal joint. Surgery was required to amputate to the finger to the second knuckle.

An employee was in a scissor lift approximately 20 feet above the ground to place a plastic tarp on a catwalk in order to catch condensation. They positioned the lift opposite the work area and stepped out of the scissor lift onto an I-beam. The employee fell from the I-beam to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture on the right side of their head and injuries to the chest and both eyes.

Employees were stripping parts off an old pivot. An employee was standing on the ground, helping others make sure that the parts all came off the pivot. The pivot span was elevated when the base beam broke free on one side. This shifted the weight of the span, causing it to roll off the loader on its side. When the span came down, the support rod caught the employee's back as he went to turn and run away from it. It pushed him to the ground. He suffered a back fracture, along with a broken bone in his foot, and was hospitalized.

An employee was on a ladder, cutting a piece of flex ducting. The ducting came loose. The employee lost his balance and fell, the rungs of the ladder catching his feet. Both his left shoulder and his head hit the concrete floor. He suffered a concussion and a broken shoulder blade and was hospitalized.

While refilling a lubricant tank, an employee observed that a pump was not operating correctly. While troubleshooting the issue, the employee reached toward the back of the pump to check for proper airflow. Their left index finger contacted moving components in the pump's piston mechanism, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was entering the warehouse freezer on a forklift when he collided with a racking bay, resulting in a laceration to his left thumb and partial amputation of his left index finger.

An employee was changing an O-ring on a pneumatic valve. The employee had placed the valve on his work cart and was applying air to open the valve and access the O-ring. After changing the O-ring, the valve closed on his fingertip, crushing it. He was taken to the hospital, where he received an amputation.

An employee was helping install new HVAC equipment and testing a natural gas line. When they turned on the gas line, there was an explosion. The employee sustained burns to their face, neck, arms, and hands.

An employee was performing troubleshooting and maintenance on one of the generators that feed the RF line for glue-laminated timber (glulam) beam production. He was reattaching the outer panel of the generator. A circuit was completed and the employee was electrocuted by the generator and sustained burns. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping the operator of a 360-degree excavator to install a storm drain box in a trench that was approximately 2.5 feet deep. While the operator was repositioning the bedding box to be reloaded with bedding material, it became disconnected from the excavator and fell to the ground. The momentum carried it into the trench, where it struck the employee and knocked him to the ground. The employee suffered injuries including a broken arm, broken collarbone, and a lacerated left arm, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was on a top stock cart, moving items on shelving on the sales floor. The employee fell and suffered a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee fell while climbing down a ladder. The employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was loading a 135-foot boom lift onto a trailer. The unit started to slide and fell off the trailer onto its side, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated right shoulder and two fractures to their left wrist.

The injured employee was working alongside a trainer. The trainer was adjusting the side fences that hold the wood in place as it passes through the molder. The injured employee was using compressed air to clean the area. They went to remove a sliver of wood to prevent a potential jam. The rollers activated, which processed material through the machine, caught the employee s glove, and pulled their hand toward the cutting head of the molder. The employee sustained lacerations to their right middle and ring fingers and an amputation to the distal phalanx of the middle finger.

An employee was using a tire machine to break down a low-profile tire. The pneumatic assist arm became caught on the lip of the wheel. He went to move the head of the arm, and the head dropped down and caught his right index finger against the tire rim. The employee's fingertip was amputated without loss of bone.

Two forklift drivers were stopped next to each other and were talking. The injured employee leaned out of their forklift as the other forklift was leaving and they became pinned between the two forklifts. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a lacerated lung.

An employee was climbing an 8-foot ladder to clean windows on a house. The employee was reaching to the right when they lost their balance and slipped. The employee fell and their foot became caught in the ladder rungs, causing both the employee and the ladder to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Three bakery mixer bowls were stacked on a rolling transportation cart next to bags of flour, adjacent to a starter fermenter. An employee was moving bags of flour. Needing to move the bowls, the employee moved the cart. The bowls tumbled off the cart and bounced off the floor. While the employee was trying to stop the bowls from rolling, his right ring fingertip was crushed between two of them. He suffered a contusion and amputation to the fingertip.

An employee tripped and fell over a sidewalk curb, landing on the right side of her body. She broke her hip and femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee was assisting a fire crew with clearing a forest trail. The employee was struck in the left leg by a fire-rated chainsaw. The chainsaw struck the employee underneath their chaps and above their boot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.