W&W AFCO STEEL

On September 12, 2025, an employee was standing on top of a float trailer boom, approximately 5 feet off the ground, working to strap down some material on a pallet with 5/16" booming chains. He was using a cheater bar as leverage to push down on the boomer that he had slid into the boomer handle. Once the chains had engaged and the load was secured, he went to pull the cheater bar out of the handle but it was stuck. When it became unstuck, he lost his balance and fell from the trailer to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the head of his left femur and required surgery.

An employee was grinding a beam when the grinding disc exploded and a fragment of the disc struck the employee's right lower leg. The employee sustained a laceration and a fracture to the right shin.

An employee was operating a remote-control overhead crane to set a beam on the floor. The crane hooks did not clear the beam and the beam flipped over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with an amputation to the upper left leg.

At 9:30 p.m. on August 29, 2024, an employee was handling steel beams when their right ring fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working to move material off a skid with a 6,000-pound electro magnet. When he activated the magnet's release mechanism, his right thumb was caught between the release handle and the magnet, crushing his thumb tip.

An employee was checking the function of newly installed actuators when they were struck by a pressurized release pipe. The employee suffered fractures to the orbital socket and shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

A ramp in the trunk of a delivery van struck an employee's calf. She suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

An employee was completing a service call and looking at a water pump when the pump cover plate struck their forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and fracture requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing chains from a steel tube. A sorting hook attachment was caught on the staging area cross member. When he raised the chains, the sorting hook snapped back and struck the employee's face causing a fractured jaw.

An employee was in the sawmill basement using a push broom and shovel to clean wood chips and sawdust. The employee's right arm was struck by a wooden board between the wrist and elbow, resulting in a fracture.

On October 21, 2025, an employee was operating a saw when a pneumatic clamp caught their right middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

An employee completed an end cut on a metal shim and started transferring the metal shim from the saw conveyor to two saw horses in the area. The employee set one end of the shim (7 feet long x 8 inches wide, weighing 218 pounds) on one of the saw horses, then slid the other end onto the other saw horse and the shim fell from the first saw horse. The employee's left index fingertip was pinched between the saw horse and the shim, resulting in a skin avulsion. The fingertip was amputated later.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was moving steel beams with an overhead crane when the bundle struck a bollard and became unstable. As the employee reached to stop the material from shifting, his thumb was pinched in-between the beams, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was rigging a steel joist to be lifted by a crane. The joist fell and pinned the employee against the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to multiple ribs, his right arm, right tibia, and an open fracture to his right ankle, as well as a dislocated right hip.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.