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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Cincinnati Tool Steel Company, Inc.

Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cincinnati Tool Steel Company, Inc., 5190 28th Avenue, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61109 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was handling a piece of steel and lacerated his finger, resulting in hospitalization.

Hospitalized Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified

Cincinnati Tool Steel Company, Inc.

An employee was exiting the cab of his truck when he missed a step and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken hip.

Cincinnati Tool Steel Company, Inc.

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a radial arm saw when they suffered the amputation of their thumb.

Cincinnati Tool Steel Company, Inc.

An employee was holding a metal piece in place in a milling machine when the clamp came down and struck his hand, amputating his right pinky finger.

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Welter Forest Products

An employee was tailing logs with a chainsaw. As they set the chainsaw on a log, the chain contacted the employee's left index finger, fracturing it. The fingertip was surgically amputated.

First Company Commercial Maintenance

An employee was using a Johnson bar to pry a piece of concrete with the help of a skid steer. When the bar moved, the employee was struck in the mouth by it, resulting in a tooth avulsion and a mouth injury that required stitches.

Saia

An employee was helping another employee pick up a round piece of metal to recoup a skid. The metal slipped and lacerated the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

HUB Foundation Co., Inc.

An employee was attaching a wrench to a drill rig rod. The wrench turned and struck the employee's right hand, resulting in a laceration and fracture to their index finger.

IVEY ROOFING

An employee was climbing a ladder while carrying 12-foot metal trims to the roof. As the top end of the metal rose above the parapet wall of the roof, a strong gust of wind spun the metal backward, causing the employee to lose his grip on the metal. The trims lacerated his left wrist, which required hospitalization and surgery.

Triad Metals International

A load of steel angles was being lowered when the lifting chain hit the load, causing it to slide toward an employee. An angle slid and pinched the employee, catching both of their legs between the beams and an angle. The employee suffered two fractured legs.

Ryder System Inc.

An employee was on the deck of a trailer helping a customer unload tubes. The employee was working to place a cargo strap on the remaining tubes using a winch bar when it slipped off the tubing, causing him to lose his balance and fall headfirst onto the asphalt lot below. The employee suffered a contusion on his forehead, resulting in hospitalization.

EASTERN METAL SUPPLY, INC.

An employee and a customer were unloading two rectangular tubes. The tubes were wrapped together. The plastic wrap was cut so that one tube could be picked up. As the employee was lifting the top tube, the other tube (still connected to the top tube) came down onto his hand and broke two of his fingers. He was hospitalized.

TEXAS PIPE AND SUPPLY COMPANY

An employee was assisting as a forklift got pipe from a pipe rack. The employee was on one of the forklift's forks as it was raised to the top of the rack, a height of about 15 feet. He fell to the ground and suffered a dislocated and fractured right elbow.

United Performance Metals, LLC

On September 23, 2025, at approximately 7:43 p.m., an employee was using a knife to cut poly banding from a metal coil. The knife slipped, causing a laceration to the inside of their left arm at the elbow joint. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to repair a damaged vein.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

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

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

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

AbbVie Inc.

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.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

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