Bekaert Corporation

An employee was removing a roll (tooling) from a machine when their left little finger was pinched between the roll and the machine, resulting in a partial amputation.

On August 1, 2025, at approximately 5:05 AM, an employee was applying a label to a spool of product on a crane when the employee s arm became caught between two points of the crane. The employee was hospitalized with a degloving/avulsion injury to their right arm.

A machine operator was loading a spool of wire into a machine. The spool became stuck. When he pulled on it, the spool came loose from the hoist and fractured his thumb.

An employee welded an ISC spool on a payoff to reconnect the wire. After completing this task, the employee went to the control panel and pressed the start button to begin running the machine. While the machine was running, the employee noticed a loop was in the loose wire on the payoff spool and attempted to twist the loop before the wire closed on the spool, which would have made an "eye" in the wire. This would have created a snarl and caused the machine to stop. The employee was attempting to get the loop twisted out when the wire closed down on the spool with his fingers in between. The fingers (index, middle and ring) of the right hand were pinched between the wire, resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger to the second joint, middle finger to the second joint, and ring finger to the first joint.

An employee suffered an electrical shock when he touched a metal cart that had become energized by an electric welder that was mounted on it. The employee was hospitalized.

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 changing a section of pipe on a sulfuric acid tank when the pipe broke and acid splashed onto the left side of the employee's body, resulting in chemical burns to their left shoulder, the back of his arm, and his leg.

On August 1, 2025, at approximately 5:05 AM, an employee was applying a label to a spool of product on a crane when the employee s arm became caught between two points of the crane. The employee was hospitalized with a degloving/avulsion injury to their right arm.

An employee was making an adjustment to a machine when his finger got caught in the machine. He sustained a partial amputation to the fifth finger on his left hand.

An employee was working on a wire drawing machine when three fingers on their right hand were caught between the rolls with the wire intact. The employee sustained an amputation to the middle and ring fingers and was hospitalized.

An employee was working at a threader machine. A spindle caught her sweatshirt. She was pulled into the machine, which pulled off her hooded sweatshirt and pulled in her hair. She suffered a scalping and was hospitalized.

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.