KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA, LLC

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was maneuvering a 500-pound spin plate from a lower rack. While the plate was being rolled, it went out of control, injured the employee's left bicep, and then rolled over his left foot resulting in a crushing injury to the foot as well as contusions to the torso and left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was watching a machine run when he became caught in the machine. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the left forearm that partially lacerated a tendon.

An employee was setting up the CNC lathe machine. The employee was adding the tailstock onto the machine when it moved and crushed his right little finger.

An employee was repairing a conveyor hang-up on a machine and pulled up on the belt between the main conveyor drive pulley and the gearbox pulley. When the conveyor hang-up released, the employee's foot slipped, causing their hand to move forward and get pulled into the machine. The employee suffered an amputation to the right ring finger at the first knuckle. The machine was locked out at the time.

On January 9, 2023, at 9:30 p.m., an employee was repairing a robotic machine that had been dropping parts. After making initial repairs, the operator cycled the machine but the problem was still not corrected. The machine operator left the area and upon returning, the injured employee was found pinned by the robot between the grabbing arms and the area where the robot places the parts. The employee suffered a lacerated spleen, lacerated pancreas, a hole in the stomach, a hole in the aorta, and other injuries to the chest and abdomen.

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.