The Alloy Engineering Company

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.

A steel tube fell from a straddle truck onto an employee's foot, causing the steel toe of the employee's shoe to press into the employee's left foot. The employee sustained fractured phalanges and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed trailer. The employee fell off the back of the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fractured left collarbone and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was bending material in a mechanical brake press when the press rotated and caught his right hand. His finger was crushed between the die and a steel plate, resulting in amputation of the finger.

An employee was cleaning pans containing adhesive by pouring acetone into the pans. After soaking, the employee used a plastic spatula to scrape the paint from the pan. During scraping, a fire spontaneously started underneath the employee near the pan. The employee threw the container of acetone out of the way to avoid it catching on fire, and spilled acetone onto his clothing, causing the fire to spread. The employee suffered burns to both hands and the right calf.

The injured employee was assisting a co-worker to transfer a V-baffle (large piece of angle iron weighing 736 lbs.) into a vessel shell. The injured employee stepped off the end of the vessel and fell backward. The employee sustained a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured left wrist, a fractured lower right leg, and a laceration to the left eyebrow.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.