Pennex Aluminum Company LLC

An employee was lifting a metal frame to pack it when it fell on his arm, fracturing it.

An employee was operating the manual side of a press stretcher (the tail side). He placed a block inside the channel of the aluminum extrusion and clamped it in the jaw end of the stretcher. When the employee noticed the block was out of alignment, he opened the jaw with his right hand and used his left hand to re-align the block. While he was re-aligning the block, the jaw handle slipped from his hand and closed on his finger. This occurred at the same time the head stretcher began pulling on the extrusion. The employee's left index finger was caught between the jaw and the extrusion. He pulled his hand back and lost his fingertip.

An employee was manually adjusting a finishing saw stop when her right thumb was caught between the stop and the roller rail. She suffered an amputation to her right thumb (nail area).

An employee was operating a forklift, carrying an aluminum billet. Another employee was acting as a spotter for the forklift driver. The forklift operator placed the aluminum billet onto the storage rack and began moving away from the area. As the forklift operator was moving back from the area, the forks of the forklift caught another aluminum billet. The aluminum billet rolled off the storage rack and struck the employee who was acting as a spotter. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on the broken leg.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee's left arm was caught in the fingers or jaws of the head stretcher machine, resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was performing regular duties in the cast house and sustained heat exhaustion.

At 7:01 p.m. on June 16, 2025, two employees were pushing a saw horse with a bundle of aluminum on it when it flipped over onto the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and required surgery.

On June 4, 2025, at approximately 1:00 AM, an employee was working when they experienced cramping and were hospitalized with a heat illness.

An employee was performing maintenance on a press puller and aligning the puller when it fell. The puller electrical panel struck their left upper back, resulting in fractures to their T12 and L1 vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

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.