Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PMP, LLC, 879 Washington Street, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA 15857
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee had just changed the upper inner tool on a powdered metal press. The upper inner tool was not properly aligned with the lower die. When the employee cycled the press, the upper outer tool shattered and created shrapnel, which struck the employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the shrapnel from his neck.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersMetal chips, particles
An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.
An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.
A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.
On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332117)
An employee was running a sizing press. He was changing totes and needed to verify the sizes on the new tote of parts. While he was removing a part, the machine, operating in inch mode, crushed his left index fingertip between the pin, punch, and die. The employee sustained an amputation to left index finger. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was removing a mold (weighing over 50 pounds) from a press machine to take the mold to another location. When he put the mold down, it dropped onto his finger and amputated his fingertip at the knuckle.
At 9:20 a.m. on Saturday August 17, 2024, an employee was running a sizing press machine when his right hand was caught in the press. The employee sustained an amputation of his ring finger at the knuckle and injuries to his index, middle, and little fingers that required stitches.
An employee was working on a sizing press. They were putting a part into the sizing press when the machine cycled. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index finger.
An employee was cleaning the tooling in a mechanical power press when the ram drifted down and caught the employee's right middle finger. Their fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.