Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stainless Foundry & Engineering, Inc., 5110 North 35th Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53209
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee picked up a 300-pound casting using a jib crane and placed it on his work bench. After unhooking it, the employee went to flip the casting when it fell and landed on his hand. The employee sustained a left ring finger fracture and an amputation of the middle fingertip.
An employee was unloading metal from two drums on a pallet. The employee removed the lid from the second drum and the drum fell over onto his ankle. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
An employee was working with team members on the pouring line, casting a sand mold. Molten metal entered the employee's personal protection suit and severely burned his left leg, calf, and ankle.
An employee was jointing a board with a jointer. The board jumped when it came into contact with the jointer's cutter head, and the jolt caused the employee's left hand to slide between the board and the guard and come into contact with the cutter head. He suffered lacerations/partial amputations to the middle, ring, and index fingers.
An employee was turning off a gas valve when he bumped into a die brush and struck the spinning die. The die pin struck him on the back, resulting in contusions, abrasions, and a severe laceration to his back that required hospitalization and surgery.
At 11:45 a.m. on June 13, 2025, an employee of Staley Steel, LLC, was performing preventive maintenance on an overhead crane. While he was holding a grease gun hose and nozzle, he contacted electrical components inside an electrical box. He suffered a first-degree electrical burn on the palm of the left hand, as well as pain up his left arm to the shoulder, and was hospitalized.
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.