SCOT INDUSTRIES, INC.

An employee hooked up two bundles of steel tubing to be lifted with an overhead crane. He stumbled while walking and operating the crane and his right hand contacted the crane's pulley mechanism. The upward motion of the crane caused the cable to pull his finger into the pulley. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was pulling a piece of square bar (weighing about 354 pounds). The bar slid and pinched the employee's right middle fingertip against another bar, causing an amputation (as well as a laceration and fracture) to the fingertip.

An employee was pulling a nylon sling up from between loose pieces of material in a bundle cart. The bundle cart tipped over, and seven loose pieces of tubing fell from it to the ground about 30 inches below, then rolled into the employee's left ankle/foot. The employee was pinched between the tubing and a stack of material.

An employee was operating a machine when a tube became stuck in a pneumatic roller. He went to remove the tube from the roller. When he removed enough pressure from the roller, the tube ejected out of the machine, lacerating and breaking his left pinky finger above the first knuckle.

An employee was cleaning their hands with a shop rag and got a steel splinter in their hand. The splinter required surgery.

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working in the shipping/receiving area on a packing paper dispenser that was jammed. When the paper came free, the blade pulled the paper in and pulled the employee's hand in too, amputating about a quarter of the right middle fingernail and the top of the finger.

On June 27, 2025, at approximately 7:00 PM, an employee was operating a cell that presses rings on a cylinder and welds the rings on. The cylinder was moving between the welding station and the press station when it fell off the holder. The employee went to place the cylinder back on the holder when the cell cycled and the compression holder crushed their right hand. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed.

An employee was working on a hydraulic cylinder at his work table. While he was removing a bleeder plug to reduce the pressure, the 3/8-inch steel plug was pushed out by oil pressure. The plug impacted his wrist, causing an abrasion where hydraulic oil went into his arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a steel cart backward when his left ring finger was crushed between the cart and another steel cart, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was using a hydraulic press to repair a hydraulic tool that was stuck in the open position. Upon adding downward pressure from the hydraulic press, the tool's hydraulic quick coupler broke and released the ball bearing inside the coupler. The ball bearing struck the employee in the abdomen, resulting in lacerations and abrasions. The ball bearing also penetrated the employee's abdomen.

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.