JSW Steel (USA), Inc.

While loading a truck, an employee grabbed the crane hook to make adjustments. The crane operator started to move the hook while the employee's right hand was still on the hook, crushing their fingers between the hook and the load. The employee sustained partial amputations of the right middle and ring fingers.

An employee was conducting a knife change on a mechanical shear when a holder from a cassette slid down, compressing the employee between the machine housing and the cassette holder. They sustained fractures to the pelvis and right leg as well as a partially collapsed lung.

An employee was positioning a piece of steel in a band saw's pneumatically powered clamp mechanism to hold the sample for cutting when his right thumb distal tip was caught in the clamp. He suffered a partial amputation of the thumb tissue under the nail.

An employee was operating a forklift when its hydraulic hose became bound. While the employee was trying to remove the hose, the forklift's mast chain moved, causing an amputation to the employee's left thumb to the first joint.

The employee was bending a piece of 3/4" diameter round bar in a vice and utilizing a 3" length of pipe over the bar for leverage. The pipe slipped off causing the employee to lose balance. As a result, the employee fell to the ground and pinched their left index finger between the length of pipe and their body causing a fracture.

An employee was making modifications to an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns to multiple parts of the body.

An employee was installing a ground wire to a power transmission pole. The ground wire contacted an energized portion of a cut-out, causing an arc-flash. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to their chest and arms.

An employee was connecting a utility transformer for underground service to a home. The employee's impact drill went across two connection bars with 240 volts of potential, creating an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes due to the arc flash and molten aluminum.

On December 15, 2023, at 9:15 AM, an employee was changing 60-amp fuses in a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.

An employee had just turned off breakers and was loosening wires on panels when they were shocked by 480 volts of electricity.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.

An employee was removing a roll (tooling) from a machine when their left little finger was pinched between the roll and the machine, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was rolling a piece of steel in the belt of a shape roller machine when his finger was pinched between two pieces of steel. His right ring and middle fingers were amputated.

An employee was cutting a length of steel coil when he noticed the steel might have cross-break defects. He used his gloved hand to feel for and clean the defected spots when his glove got caught in the measuring wheel, which rolls along the top of the steel to ensure accurate cuts. The employee's arm was pulled down into the machine until his body was stopped by a support bar that goes across the machine. The employee's arm was fractured at the elbow and required hospitalization.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.