SKF USA, Inc.

An employee was lifting a 5-pound tray of 1 7/8th-inch ball bearings and suffered a hernia. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was removing a ring that had jammed inside the a bore grinding machine during setup. After the ring was retrieved, the machine loaded the next ring from above, pinching the employee's right index finger between the ring and the cylinder. Part of the inside tip of the finger was pinched off.

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

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 checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.

An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.