Encore Wire Corporation

An employee was loading an empty reel on the west reel take-up when they noticed that the wire lying on the east reel take-up had over-accumulated on one side of the reel, making it uneven. The employee stopped the east take-up machine and released tension on the wire to correct the lay. As the employee engaged a mechanical rotation function to take up the wire slack, their right little finger was crushed between two separate wire strands on the reel under tension, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was pushing the tail of a wire into a reel drum when they were caught in the machine. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to the right arm.

Two employees were pushing a lawn mower into a utility truck. The injured employee placed their hand at the left side of the lawn mower deck when they were struck by a blade. The employee's left middle and ring finger were lacerated.

An employee was changing a spool on a machine. While the employee was lining the adjustable drive rod up with the drive rod hole in the reel, and closing the pintles into the reel's arbor hole, the employee's right little finger was pinched between the collar of the pintle and the arbor hole. The employee suffered a partial amputation (without bone loss) to the finger.

An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with a steel storage rack system. His right hand was pinned between the shelves and the forklift's overhead guard, and he suffered fingertip amputations.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

An employee was installing conduit when they fell from the step ladder to the ground and sustained a wrist injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

On March 27, 2025, an employee was stringing up a wire drawing machine when his right little finger became caught between the wire and the capstan wheel on the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was working on a press head and cylinder when his fingertips were pinched between a pin and cylinder. The employee sustained the amputation of his fingertips.

An employee was changing out a propane cylinder on a powered industrial truck when liquid petroleum gas contacted his hands. The employee sustained second-degree burns to his hands.

An employee was loading a reel into a take-up when the arbor arms came down on their right middle finger and it was caught between the dog pin and the drum. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.