Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on March 31, 2003, Employee #1 worked for a company that recycles cardboard paper and computer paper. The recycling process involved compacting and baling the card boards through an automated compacting and baling machine. Fork lifts are used to move the cardboard and paper. On the day of the incident, Employee #1 was welding the gaps between the frame and the sheet of the metal hopper on the side of the hopper's door. The ramp of the compactor, which Employee #1 stood on to weld, moved which caused him to slip and fall to the floor. When he landed on the floor, his left foot went inside the rectangular opening on the side of the machine, partially amputating his left foot. He was transported to Harbor UCLA Medical Center for emergency treatment.