Polyglass U.S.A., Inc.

While standing up, an employee struck his head on a machine motor mount, suffering head trauma with possible cranial bleeding. He was hospitalized.

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 was coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Employees had just finished re-lacing a line through a machine. As they were preparing to make a splice, one employee's left index finger was crushed between two pull rollers. The finger was amputated.

An employee was replacing a pop-up roller between the drop plate table and the far stacker conveyor after clearing a jam. The pop-up roller became hung up on the frame of the roller flight conveyor. The employee s hand then became caught between the pop-up roller and the belts on the drop table. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right hand excluding the fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On May 6, 2025, a temporary employee was loading a sheet of fiberglass between two rollers on a roofing material machine. The top roller was not rotating. The roller fell and pinched his left ring fingertip, causing a partial amputation of the finger that required surgery.

An employee was about to dump sand from a hopper, raised on the forks of a forklift. As the hopper's weight shifted forward and it began to dump, the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the forklift fork and the metal frame of the hopper. The fingertip was crushed, and the employee underwent a medical amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.