JMC Steel Group

An employee was on a short step ladder removing a synthetic strap used in binding steel tubing/pipes when he fell off the step ladder fracturing the top left tibia plateau, close to the knee.

An employee was burned on his lower back and posterior by a heater used to warm equipment and the general environment. He was wearing personal protective equipment.

An employee suffered a laceration and burn injury to his left cheek while maneuvering a 20-foot-long, 3/4-inch-diameter pipe from the sizing mill area to the hot rack with a mechanical lifting/maneuvering device. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

An employee parked a short tractor used to move trailers and then exited it. The tractor began rolling and the employee went to jump into the cab to stop the vehicle but his arm struck a metal bar on the cab and he fell, fracturing his left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Two employees were in the basket of an aerial lift. When attempting to bring the basket down, the basket got hung up on a perimeter guardrail post. The basket moved, causing one employee to strike their chest against the lift's guardrail. The employee sustained a fractured rib and was hospitalized.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and moved it onto the lift gate. The lift gate was wet and slippery from running a previous pallet that contained product packed in ice. The jack starting sliding toward the curbside of the platform. As the pallet was sliding to the edge, the associate tried to keep the pallet level by placing his arm on the pallet, to keep it from falling. The pallet jack continued to slide and as the employee attempted to get out of the way, his finger slid across the pallet jack and was amputated.

An employee was cleaning a ribbon blender. He had the lid open, thus disengaging the interlock switch and disabling the rotating paddles. After he finished cleaning it, he closed the lid. The blender has a discharge hole at the bottom; unaware that the paddles in the blender were still rotating at a slow rate, the employee reached up through the discharge hole. The paddle amputated the tip of his index finger.

An employee was removing boxes from a conveyor belt when the belt grabbed his gloved hand. The employee pulled his hand back and amputated his fingertip.

An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was loading a steel forming machine with steel to be processed. He went to move a cooling hose out of the way and his left thumb was crushed by the forming roller, resulting in injuries that required surgical amputation.

An employee was advancing a rail to line up for welding with a secondary rail on the weld line when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the rails. The employee sustained an amputation to the top knuckle of the middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was working near molten metal and experienced heat illness symptoms including cramps. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was preparing bundles of 24-foot square metal tubing to be loaded onto a truck and cut the safety band for a bundle. While the employee was removing a piece of dunnage from a bundle, they bumped the bundle with their leg. The metal tubing then fell forward and struck the employee, causing a fractured left ankle.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.