Rosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc.

On August 18, 2025, at approximately 7:40 AM, an employee utilized a pocket knife to cut banding on a new bundle of rod material. The knife blade bent during use. The employee was working to straighten the blade on a hard surface when the knife slipped, causing a lacerating their right wrist/forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was about to clamp a small part into a horizontal bandsaw when the hydraulic clamp smashed his fingers. He suffered partial amputations to his left index and middle fingers.

On or about 6/15/15, an employee operating pipe bender machine was caught in the machine and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.

An employee was being trained on a machine when a roller came down on their hand, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.

An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.

An employee was working in the shipping/receiving area on a packing paper dispenser that was jammed. When the paper came free, the blade pulled the paper in and pulled the employee's hand in too, amputating about a quarter of the right middle fingernail and the top of the finger.

On June 27, 2025, at approximately 7:00 PM, an employee was operating a cell that presses rings on a cylinder and welds the rings on. The cylinder was moving between the welding station and the press station when it fell off the holder. The employee went to place the cylinder back on the holder when the cell cycled and the compression holder crushed their right hand. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed.

An employee was working on a hydraulic cylinder at his work table. While he was removing a bleeder plug to reduce the pressure, the 3/8-inch steel plug was pushed out by oil pressure. The plug impacted his wrist, causing an abrasion where hydraulic oil went into his arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a steel cart backward when his left ring finger was crushed between the cart and another steel cart, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was using a hydraulic press to repair a hydraulic tool that was stuck in the open position. Upon adding downward pressure from the hydraulic press, the tool's hydraulic quick coupler broke and released the ball bearing inside the coupler. The ball bearing struck the employee in the abdomen, resulting in lacerations and abrasions. The ball bearing also penetrated the employee's abdomen.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.