USNR, LLC

On December 16, 2019, an employee was moving raw material to a band saw area when his right middle finger was caught in the saw's vice clamp, crushing two fingertips on his right hand. He was hospitalized.

A material handler from Remedy Intelligent Staffing was using a forklift to load 95-pound rectangular tubing (4 feet long, 4 inches high, and 6 inches wide) onto a cantilever rack. He got off of the forklift to push the metal tubes onto the rack when one of the tubes fell between the cantilever arms and his right middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was positioning an angle iron to set a stop for punching holes. The punch machine was engaged, crushing his left middle finger and necessitating a medical amputation.

An employee was using a 7.5-ton overhead crane to move a suspended load while holding onto the load with his right hand. The load weight plate (with his hand on it) then struck the back of a forklift, and his right index and middle fingers were lacerated. He was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

On May 9, 2025, an employee was using an air hose to clear debris from the courtyard area when she slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with closed fractures to her left fibula, tibia, and medial malleolus.

On April 24, 2025, an employee was opening a cylinder door on a hydraulic bridge to remove lumber when their left middle finger was caught between the door and the hydraulic bridge, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

Two employees were using a plywood chop saw. The injured employee was holding one end of the saw with their right hand when the operator on the other end pressed the start button. The saw blade contacted the injured employee's right hand, resulting in multiple finger amputations when it amputated the hand above the thumb.

On January 17, 2025, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was moving 11-gauge steel sheets from a holding cart using a pendant-controlled, 1-ton jib hoist equipped with a plate clamp lifting attachment. With the plate clamp empty and open, the employee began raising the hoist. The clamp became caught on the bottom of the cart, tipping the cart in the direction of the employee. Several sheets of steel slid off the cart and struck the employee, resulting in several broken ribs, a broken left leg and ankle, a fractured kneecap, and a torn left ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating an air hoist to rotate a blending mill counter-clockwise. After he connected the hook to the mill, the hoist was raised and his hand was pinched between the hook block and the ring on the mill. The employee sustained a partial amputation of his right thumb.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.