Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grede II, LLC, 2217 Carolina Ave, BESSEMER, ALABAMA 35020
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning up an area by sweeping and removing sand from the summit when the machine cycled, pinning his left hand between the summit and the transfer car he was using to put the sand in. He suffered multiple fractures and lacerations to his left-hand thumb, ring, and pinky fingers. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
An employee was walking between metal totes and a loading dock when a forklift began staging the totes and the employee fell off the dock to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his right tibia and fibula.
On August 21, 2024, an employee was removing the arc flash blade on a furnace's secondary phase A arm. The phase A side was unpowered, but at approximately 1:48 p.m. the plant lost power, causing an arc flash. The employee was hospitalized with fourth-degree burns on his arms, as well as burns on his face and thigh.
An employee was working on a bonder valve on a workbench. He had connected pneumatic air to the component. When the valve actuated, his finger was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331511)
An employee was realigning two halves of a core box on a core-making machine. Pneumatic pressure released, causing the core box to close on the employee's right thumb. The thumb tip was amputated between the nail and the knuckle.
An employee was performing maintenance/electrical work inside a substation, and used a ladder to access the top of a panel box. The employee fell 8-9 feet from the top of the panel box to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their ribs and a shoulder injury.
An employee's hand was caught in a pinch point in the area of a conveyor for a flask running out of a foundry molding machine. The employee's ring finger was crushed and partially amputated at the base.
An employee noticed a block was out of place under the weighted mold frame. The employee used another block to push the block out and replace it. When the block came out, the frame came down on his right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation to the ring fingertip.
An employee was using a fork truck to move a tub containing molten iron that had been drained from the cupula. The tub tipped over and the molten metal came in contact with water. This caused the molten iron to splash back and burn the employee's upper torso.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.