JV MANUFACTURING, INC.

An employee was cleaning up a paint gun when they drank paint thinner from a water bottle. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was wiping down the face of a large steel door on a piece of equipment. Their right hand was pinched between the hinge and the door frame as the door opened further. The employee sustained a fractured hand and required surgery.

An employee was sweeping trash when a stack of chuting material (6 feet x 3.5 feet) fell and struck their leg. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was cutting the strapping on a bundle of steel square tubing. The bundle was approximately waste high and stacked on top of other material cribbed by 4'x 4' lumber. The bundle fell onto the employee when the last retaining band was cut breaking the employee's right leg.

An employee was disconnecting the existing power source to the cardboard balers when the employee received an electric shock, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was welding metal parts. The employee turned to the left and their work uniform came in contact with the location on the part that had just been welded. The employee's uniform ignited, causing burns to their shoulder and back.

An employee was using a small propane heater when they sustained third-degree burns to the left buttock and second-degree burns to the back and neck.

An employee was welding steel dump ramp slides. He leaned over and a previous weld caught his hoodie on fire. The employee sustained burns on his left side from the armpit to the waistline.

An employee was using a fiber wheel to cut a 55-gallon drum to make a trash can. As they were cutting, sparks flew into the barrel and fire came out of a hole on the barrel, catching the employee's shirt on fire. The employee sustained burns to their abdomen and chest, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing tubing caps and cleaning tubing ends with solvent. Their flame-resistant pants became soaked with the cleaning solvent and were ignited by a propane torch used for removing tubing caps. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their legs.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was feeding stainless steel into a shear when the shear amputated four of their fingers. The machine was not guarded.

An employee was wiping down the face of a large steel door on a piece of equipment. Their right hand was pinched between the hinge and the door frame as the door opened further. The employee sustained a fractured hand and required surgery.

An employee was sweeping trash when a stack of chuting material (6 feet x 3.5 feet) fell and struck their leg. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was assembling commercial kitchen products with a handheld nail gun when they tripped over the air hose reel while their finger was on the trigger. A nail was discharged into her left leg above the knee.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.