W&W-AFCO Steel LLC

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron that was on the floor. He landed on his left knee and the knee was fractured.

An employee was sandblasting metal and dropped the sandblasting gun, causing sand to strike their left triceps.

An employee was using an overhead bridge crane to position a piece of steel on a band saw. The employee went to stabilize the piece when the hydraulic clamp closed on the employee's little finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was sitting on a forklift while on break in the paint shop. An unknown person/assailant walked into the shop and shot the employee in the head.

An employee was using an overhead crane to dump blasting media in a 55-gallon drum into a dumpster. The chain slipped and a pinch point was created between it and the drum. The employee's thumb was caught, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation.

An employee was sitting on the bed of the work truck while picking up safety cones in a work zone. An SUV drove into the work zone and struck the work truck. The SUV then hit the employee's legs, knocking her to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a leg injury.

On July 3, 2023, an employee was putting ice pallets away with a forklift when another forklift collided with the employee's forklift and crushed their left thumb, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was operating a riding lawn mower inside of a construction zone on the highway before new asphalt was laid. A vehicle entered the closed lane, striking the employee. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the body, abrasions to the arms and back, lacerations to the head, and an open leg fracture.

Two employees were setting up a traffic control zone while another stayed in an attenuator truck. A vehicle entered the zone and collided with the back of the truck, and the employee inside it suffered a back sprain.

An employee was operating a riding blower machine on a road median when they were struck by a vehicle and ejected from the machine, resulting in ankle and shoulder injuries.

On October 21, 2025, an employee was operating a saw when a pneumatic clamp caught their right middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

An employee completed an end cut on a metal shim and started transferring the metal shim from the saw conveyor to two saw horses in the area. The employee set one end of the shim (7 feet long x 8 inches wide, weighing 218 pounds) on one of the saw horses, then slid the other end onto the other saw horse and the shim fell from the first saw horse. The employee's left index fingertip was pinched between the saw horse and the shim, resulting in a skin avulsion. The fingertip was amputated later.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was moving steel beams with an overhead crane when the bundle struck a bollard and became unstable. As the employee reached to stop the material from shifting, his thumb was pinched in-between the beams, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was rigging a steel joist to be lifted by a crane. The joist fell and pinned the employee against the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to multiple ribs, his right arm, right tibia, and an open fracture to his right ankle, as well as a dislocated right hip.

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.