MUELLER Co. LLC

On November 25, 2024, an assembly line employee was preparing to hoist a fully assembled cast iron fire hydrant using a C-clamp hoist. Their left index fingertip became caught between the hook and the eye ring resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was using a vacuum to clean chips around the table of a drill press when their gloved left hand was caught in the drill bit, resulting in amputations to the index, middle, and ring fingertips.

An employee was loading hydrants onto a paint line bed using hoists and clamps. A hydrant slipped and their fingertip was pinched between the hydrant and clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was using an impact gun to remove a nut from a pneumatic cylinder during the disassembly of a test cell. When the gun made contact with the nut, residual pneumatic pressure caused the cylinder to release. The employee's left hand was pinned between a rod end of the cylinder and the rod end plate. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a hematoma.

An employee was using a bar to remove casting debris from a rotary screen. The bar contacted the rotating portion of the screen and bent, and the employee's right hand was pushed against the machine, resulting in a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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.

A subcontractor employee was replacing sections of the roof when he fell through a hole in the roof about 25 feet to the ground. He landed on his feet and his legs gave out, causing him to fall to his side. The employee sustained bruises to his body, head, and face; fractures to his jaw, teeth, and left arm; and a dislocated left-hand digit.

An employee was deburring a threaded shaft on a CNC lathe. The employee's sleeve was caught in the lathe. As he was dislodging the sleeve, both arms were caught in the lathe. His arms were wrapped around the threaded shaft, breaking both arms and removing flesh from the forearms.

On December 11, 2024, an employee was operating a machine that forms and cuts copper tubes when the saw blade contacted their left index finger, resulting in an amputation to the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was operating a wire stripper machine and may have been clearing a jam when the machine amputated their right index fingertip.

An employee was getting out of the car when the strap on his bag broke. As he reached to grab his laptop, his walker moved, and the employee slipped and fell. The employee underwent hip surgery.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.