GKN Sinter Metals, LLC

An employee was loading ceramic plates into a tray carrier as the plate advance mechanism was returning to the home position. The employee went to prevent the stack of plates from tipping over when his right glove was pulled into the housing around the plate advance mechanism, causing an amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips as well as a finger fracture. OSHA: more information?--machine?

An employee was using an angle grinder when the tool kicked back and severely lacerated the employee's left forearm, causing tendon and muscle damage. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was removing a 66-pound slug out of a machine. The employee had a jack under the slug and was attempting to put a washer on when the jack slipped, causing the slug to fall and hit the employee's right middle finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

An employee was working to remove scrap from the vicinity of a scrap shaker tray located at the rear of a press when she suffered a laceration and partial amputation of her right index finger.

An employee was loading a die plate onto a rack when the plate tipped down and pinched his finger, lacerating it. The employee sustained an amputation.

An employee was placing a flattener die on a turret press. The die broke loose and fell into the turret. The employee's right hand was pinched between the turret and the die, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger.

An employee was un-banding metal blanks from pallets. He stepped on a pallet where the boards of the pallet overhung the runners, causing him to lose his footing and fall to the floor. The employee sustained injury to his left hip requiring hospitalization.

An employee was clearing a jam in the spot welder when the machine activated and crushed their right thumb, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.