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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO., 2073 N. RADEMAKERS WAY, FREMONT, NEBRASKA 68025 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was loading a piece of sheet metal onto a shear. The material clamping device came down on the employee's left middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip and the fingernail.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Shearing machines

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

A driver was reseating a seated rack in a trailer. As the rack cup was seated onto the post, the palm side of the employee's right little finger was caught between the two. The employee suffered an avulsion to the finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

An employee was performing diagnostics on an automatic elbow machine when the forming piece that runs around in a channel severed the tip of his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

An employee was unscrewing fasteners to remove the guarding for a roll former machine to expose two sets of rollers. The employee then placed a flathead screwdriver perpendicular against the edge of one of the wheels in the set furthest away from his position to remove galvanized build-up. During this process, the screwdriver hit the wheel and was pulled into the rollers pinning the employee's left ring finger between the screwdriver handle and the machine. The shaft of the screwdriver then broke, releasing the employee's finger. The employee suffered a soft tissue injury and amputation of the left fourth digit. The machine was powered and operating at the time.

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

While walking to the lobby, an employee slipped and fell on a wet tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap.

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

An employee was operating a duct line. As the employee was adjusting the feed, the duct line amputated his right little finger. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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