SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC

On December 28, 2024, at 10:23 AM, the injured employee was spotting for the operator of a shear crane while conducting tree trimming/removal operations. The injured employee was standing about 4 feet from the ground on top of scrap steel trusses. After the shear crane cut the tree, it began dragging a large branch which struck the injured employee and knocked him down onto the scrap pile. He sustained four broken ribs on the left side and a left lung contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

On June 26, 2024, an employee was using a pry bar to flip an aluminum die. The pry bar slipped out and the die crushed the employee's right ring finger, which resulted in a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee was directing traffic and was struck from behind in the legs by an I-beam that was knocked over by a crane. Both of the employee's legs were fractured.

An employee was cutting a steel coil using a 5-foot long torch. When he got to the last section of the cut, the coil broke open and struck his left side (elbow and torso). He suffered bruising and a potential internal injury.

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.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

A shear operator's hand and fingers were caught in a machine's point of operation. The operator's right index finger was crushed and was partially medically amputated.

An employee was operating a forklift. He parked on a ramp and got off the forklift to retrieve material, at which point the forklift rolled backward and ran over his leg. The leg was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was using a shear to cut metal when the blade cut his left ring finger and amputated his left little finger.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.