J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.

An employee was guiding pipe through a pipe saw machine when the pipe became jammed. The employee leaned in to see where the pipe was hung up when the carriage moved and they were pinned between the carriage and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained crushing injuries to his left shoulder/chest. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was running PVC production lines when a machine malfunctioned. As he tried to free a pipe that was jammed in a belling station, the machine started to process and its hydraulic cylinder came down on his right little finger. The finger was amputated.

The injured employee was assisting with removal of a rotary valve from the flanges of a silo. It was then placed on the floor of the silo for inspection. While Employee 2 was inspecting the rotary valve to ensure it was in good working condition, he noticed there was plastic material inside the rotary valve near the impeller (vane). The injured employee removed the pieces of plastic as Employee 2 turned the outside wheel with his foot. After all the plastic material was removed, Employee 2 moved the outside wheel a final time to ensure free movement of the part. At this time, the impeller (vane) came in contact with the injured employee's middle finger. The injured employee abruptly jerked his hand away resulting in a laceration to his fingertip and fingernail.

Two maintenance employees were trying to clear a clogged pipe using a small piece of metal. One of the employees was holding down the manual button on a solenoid so the gate would stay open. The employee holding the button let go of the button and the gate closed on the other employee's finger. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was using a reciprocating saw and holding the handle/trigger with his right hand. When the reciprocating saw started, it pulled his glove and left fifth finger into the quick lock blade clamp, lacerating and fracturing it. His finger was partially amputated.

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.

Employees were hooking up a new reel of pipe to be processed into shorter lengths. This process involved routing a winch cable through a haul-off and attaching it to the pipe using a clamp. One employee held the winch cable while another pressed the feed-out button to loosen the cable. The cable tightened and pulled the hand of the employee holding it into a pulley. The employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was cutting pipe using a saw when she received an electrical shock from the power tool. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was overseeing production on a winder machine and went to clear a jam when the head stock amputated their right thumb and index fingertip.

On 8/22/2025, an employee was working to clear a grinder jam. The employee was using a "no-touch tool" to rotate the drum of the grinder. He slipped forward and his right hand contacted a pinch point between the backside of the blade and the grinder housing. The employee's right middle fingertip was partially amputated with bone loss.

At about 1:25 a.m. on August 14, 2025, an employee was operating a 10-inch band saw at a molding machine. The employee was working to cut the sprue off a PVC fitting. The blade snagged on the sprue and pulled his left index finger into the blade, which cut it. The finger was partially medically amputated.

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.