Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC.

An employee was working on top of a roof near a belt pulley. The pulley drifted out of place and fell on his right hand crushing the fingers and causing a partial amputation of his pinky finger.

An employee was repairing a hoist. The hoist rolled over and amputated the employee's fingertip.

An employee was processing parts. While lifting a parts processing basket out of a heated alkaline cleaner solution, the metal handle pulled out of the basket and the heated solution splashed onto the employee's right side. The employee suffered burns to the right-side neck, arm and upper leg.

On April 3, 2017, at 11:55 a.m., the injured employee and three other employees were transporting a decommissioned, pumped out, triple rinsed steel metal tank, 4' x 5' x 4' using a forklift to a metal recycling roll-off container located outside behind the plant. The injured employee was guiding the tank with his hands when the rest of the crew was attempting to place the tank into the roll-off container. The tank slipped off the forks and crushed the injured employee's left ring fingertip pad between the tank and metal container wall, amputating the left ring fingertip pad.

On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.

An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.

An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.

An employee placed an aluminum step ladder beside a tractor trailer and was removing a piece of scrap aluminum from the trailer that resulted from a motor vehicle accident. While coming down the ladder, the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T4 vertebra.

On August 26, 2025, an employee was repairing a pipe at a tank. The employee fell and slid down the tank, suffering severe lacerations to the lower arms. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 26, 2025, a temporary employee was assisting a mechanic. The employee was on an overhead crane, removing a chain hoist attachment over a large plating tank. When the platform of the crane was moved, the employee became caught between the platform's railing and a support beam. The employee sustained a punctured lung and fractures to their clavicles, humerus, and ribs.

An employee was adding an all purpose soak and electro cleaner chemical to a water tank to make a cleaner bath. An exothermic reaction caused the 200 F water to splash on him, and he suffered hot water and steam burns to the right side of his face, his upper right arm, the right side of his torso, and his right leg.

At 3:00 AM, on 2/18/2025, an employee was mixing chemicals. The employee had difficulty breathing due to inhalation of unknown chemicals. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.

An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.