Employee was exiting the scale house office and slipped on ice and fell on steps and fractured four ribs in their back.
Gerken Materials- Hillsdale PlantMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
- Latest incident
- Feb 2026
Reportable incidents
6 on file2026 · 1 incident
2019 · 2 incidents
Employee stated that the guard from the dredge winch was removed to replace the cable, at some point the cable started to slide off the deck into the water and EE jumped over the guard to stop it and cut the back of EE's leg on the guard.
Employee was moving a bearing housing for installation on the screen plant and pinched gloved finger between two one hundred pound housings. When they removed glove they realized that they had severely cut a finger right behind the finger nail. Several days later the finger tip was removed.
2011 · 1 incident
Connecting ladder chain together and cutting head flopped over and pinched EE's finger tip causing a laceration and fractured finger tip above his knuckle.
2000 · 2 incidents
THUMB PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK AND CHAIN WHILE OPERATING DREDGE. THUMB NAIL TORN OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING NEW PIPE LINE ON THE BACK OF DREDGE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON PONTOON, DISLOCATING RIGHT SHOULDER.