Truck Trailer Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 10:30 p.m. on November 21, 2017, an employee was helping to place a panel on the rivet machine roller conveyors when a rivet jammed in the feeder tube. The employee attempted to clear the jam without depress the e-stop or having the machine locked out. Somehow the machine activated, the panel table moved and the employee was caught between a stationary and moving part. The employee received a laceration with a tear to right oblique muscle, damage to small intestine, and was killed.

NarrativeAt 8:15 a.m. on October 20, 2017, an employee was touching up paint on a truck chassis while a coworker was separating other chassis using a forklift. The employee was standing in between and behind two stacks of chassis when his coworker lifted a chassis which then slipped from the forklift. The employee was struck by the 1,500 lb chassis, suffering internal injuries and a broken back. The employee was transported to St. Francis Medical Center where he was hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on October 15, 2017, Employee #1 was helping a coworker turn over a large metal snow plow part. The employee's hand became pinched between the metal plow part and the machine frame. He received a tear to the skin on his right middle finger, which was classified as an amputation.