Kelley Manufacturing Company

An employee was rigging a dump cart to an overhead hoist using a metal chain when the chain came loose. The dump cart then fell and knocked the employee to the ground, fracturing the employee's neck, back, and hip.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a portable stainless-steel vessel equipped with a butterfly valve at the bottom. The employee used a crane to raise the vessel and connected an airline to the valve control. Upon activating the compressed air supply, the valve opened. While holding the bottom of the vessel with their left hand, the airline disconnected and the valve closed on their left index fingertip. The employee sustained an avulsion of the fingernail, an open nondisplaced fracture of the distal phalanx, and partial amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was in training to learn how to change steel dies on a culvert machine. The employee was on top of the machine when the handheld control was activated, engaging the machine's auto-run function. The employee's feet were dragged into the roller dies, resulting in a left ankle fracture, a laceration between the ankle and knee, and amputation of the the big toe and second toe on the right foot.

An employee was walking up the stairs in an office area. Their right foot caught the edge of the stair at the top of the stairwell and they fell forward. The employee sustained a neck fracture.

An employee was operating a clipper machine and contacted maintenance when they noticed the machine was not working properly. Maintenance worked on the machine. While verifying that the machine was fixed, the employee's left index finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

An employee was feeding a strip of steel into a power press when it activated and contacted the injured employee's left hand. The employee suffered amputations of the first two digits of the hand.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

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.