Keystone Powdered Metal Company

Two employees were repairing a press. During the process, the two employees were repositioning the core rod assembly onto a pallet near the back of the press. The core rod assembly was in a vertical position, with the core rod component sitting on a pallet. One employee was operating a forklift to reposition the core rod assembly. The forklift operator communicated to the other employee that he was going to lay the core rod assembly down. At that point, the other employee had his right hand holding the core rod stop mechanism to help guide it down. At approximately three quarters of the way down, the core rod assembly slipped off of the pallet causing the core rod stop mechanism to move up, pinching the other employee's right index and middle fingers between the core stop mechanism and the core rod assembly and amputating the fingers at the first knuckle.

An employee and a coworker were adjusting the stops on the second plate of an 825-ton press. They needed to bring the second plate up for adjustment. The coworker was operating the controls to adjust the height of the second plate and proceeded to turn off the exhaust. The second plate raised while the employee working inside the press had his arm resting on the trip rod. When the second plate raised, it pinned the employee's right forearm between the trip rod and main ejection nut, causing a compound fracture.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee was running a sizing press. He was changing totes and needed to verify the sizes on the new tote of parts. While he was removing a part, the machine, operating in inch mode, crushed his left index fingertip between the pin, punch, and die. The employee sustained an amputation to left index finger. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was removing a mold (weighing over 50 pounds) from a press machine to take the mold to another location. When he put the mold down, it dropped onto his finger and amputated his fingertip at the knuckle.

At 9:20 a.m. on Saturday August 17, 2024, an employee was running a sizing press machine when his right hand was caught in the press. The employee sustained an amputation of his ring finger at the knuckle and injuries to his index, middle, and little fingers that required stitches.

An employee was working on a sizing press. They were putting a part into the sizing press when the machine cycled. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index finger.

An employee was cleaning the tooling in a mechanical power press when the ram drifted down and caught the employee's right middle finger. Their fingertip was amputated.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.