Napoleon Spring Works, Inc.

On March 27, 2018, an employee was operating a mandrel machine when it amputated the employee's right hand/arm.

On October 26, 2016, an employee was operating a punch press and suffered the amputation of the left 4th and 5th fingers.

On August 31, 2016, an employee was reaching for parts that had accumulated on a chain conveyor when their glove was pulled into a chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation of the right pinky finger.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

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.

An employee was retrieving a part. A nearby machine activated and amputated the tip of the employee's middle finger, as well as crushing the employee's index and ring fingers.

An employee was approaching the exit end of an automated and fully enclosed shot machine. A spring that was discharging jammed between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate. The spring unjammed suddenly. Due to the excess force created between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate, the spring shot out of the machine to the stop plate, a distance of approximately 8 feet. At that exact moment, the employee's hand was near the discharge table and the spring struck the employee's right arm, catching it between the spring and the stop plate. The employee suffered broken bones to the lower right arm (wrist area) as well as severed tendons and nerves.

An employee was grinding a piece of round stock when their glove got caught in the moving pedestal grinder and pulled into the grinding wheel. The employee suffered a broken fingertip resulting in surgical amputation.

On March 27, 2018, an employee was operating a mandrel machine when it amputated the employee's right hand/arm.

While placing springs into a grinding machine, an employee contacted the guide edge of the grinding machine, amputating the right index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.