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.

An employee was reaching over to straighten an 1800-pound super bag filled with regrind material when the bag gave in. The super bag fell striking the employee in the shoulder and knocking the employee down. The regrind material then covered the employee. The employee suffered a broken left hip.

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 changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.

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.