Ferris Met Processing

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee opened a roll-off container while standing behind the box. Scrap metal fell out of the door and landed on their left leg, causing a fracture just above the ankle.

An employee was walking behind the building when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the hip.

An employee was removing scrap metal pieces from work he was conducting and placing the scraps behind him. He kicked the scrap metal out of the way, and in doing so, cut his right leg just below the calf muscle and above the top of his boot. The employee required surgery for a torn Achilles tendon.

An employee was stepping off of a sweeper machine when they slipped on the wet/muddy ground, fracturing their left foot.

On March 28, 2024, at about 2:30 AM, two employees were using a manual metal crimping tool to secure steel straps around a pallet of finished product. The injured employee's right little finger became pinched in the tool, resulting in a partial amputation.

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.