AIR-WAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was retooling a pipe bending machine while it was energized when the machine clamp function activated. Their left hand was caught as the machine's radius die closed on the clamp and it crushed his left ring finger, resulting in medical amputation to the second knuckle.

An employee was operating a hose/bender machine. He was reaching to adjust a piece of hose and got caught in a pinch point, sustaining an amputation to his finger.

On April 19, 2023, an employee was assembling a hose and performing a pull test. During the pull test, the employee's left index fingertip was amputated by the longitudinal pull tester.

On March 9, 2023, an employee was assembling manifolds. While pushing an end fitting into the hose of an automatic pushing machine, the employee suffered an amputation to the tip of the right index finger.

An employee was running a hone machining center and was walking around to the rear of the machine to evaluate a coolant pressure gauge. The employee tripped over a steel angle iron that was on the floor and sustained a fractured hip requiring hospitalization.

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.