Benmit Div. U.S. Tubular Products

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was retrieving material from a machine. The machine's cutting wheel amputated about 2 centimeters of the employee's fingertip.

An employee was using sandpaper to sand a mandrel on a re-cutter. The sandpaper snagged on the mandrel and pulled the employee's gloved right hand into the machine. The hand was amputated and the skin was torn off up to the elbow.

An employee was operating an industrial stapling machine and was wiping excess oil off of the tip of the machine when the machine stapled/lacerated a finger.

At approximately 1:00 a.m., on 7/15/2019, a machine operator was performing a maintenance procedure on a board press. The operator was connecting a wire when a cog (wheel) grabbed her right hand and damaged the tissue between the thumb and index finger and knuckles.

An employee was attempting to remove a metal lid that had been stamped and was stuck in a punch press die when the press was activated via the foot pedal, causing it to cycle and sever his left hand.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.