Kloeckner Metals

A truck driver was walking on the catwalk of a truck when he slipped and fell to the ground. He sustained a torn right triceps and a lower left leg laceration that required stitches.

An employee was using an overhead crane to lift 25 pieces of 1/8" x 10" x 20 long flat bar material to block it for loading onto a tractor trailer. During the blocking process, the employee was installing the wood block when the chain in the overhead crane slipped out due to the bow of the material at the lifted height. The 25 pieces of material fell, smashing the employee's left gloved thumb between the wood block and the material. When he removed his hand, his thumb tip was amputated.

An employee fell off a truck, breaking his hand.

An employee was standing beside a tractor trailer when the 960-pound steel bundle that was being unload fell and struck the employee, breaking the left tibia and fibula and the right occipital bone.

An employee was helping to move bundles of steel with an overhead crane when the steel fell and struck the employee's right leg.

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.

A maintenance employee was changing out the electrode tips of a welding machine. He was checking an electrode when the machine cycled. The electrode holder partially amputated his left index finger.

An employee was operating a punch press when the coils became jammed. The employee stood on the machine and reached for the coil. When the steel coil became unstuck, it sprung back and caught the employee's left middle finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

On February 20, 2025, an employee was operating a cylindrical grinder when their finger became caught between the grinding wheel and stone. The employee's fingertip was medically amputated.

An employee was operating an unguarded hydraulic press. When the employee placed his hand inside the press to remove one of the molds, the employee's fingers on his right hand were caught between the mold and the top plate of the press. The employee was hospitalized, and four fingers were surgically amputated.

An employee was setting up a die when the die started to fall. As the employee went to catch it, the die landed on and crushed the employee's right index finger between the die and the machine. Their right index finger was amputated slightly above the second knuckle.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.