MI Metals, Inc.

An employee slipped and fell. Her leg entered a tank of 180 degree water. She was hospitalized for second degree burns on her left leg at the back side of the knee and ankle.

An employee was sitting in the cab of the truck while waste oxidizer was being offloaded. The waste reacted with the receiving tank and an explosion occurred in the tank. Fire traveled through the hose to the tanker truck, causing it to explode. The employee jumped from the burning truck and was hospitalized with burns to his face, chest, and arms.

An employee was installing piping and valves for fire protection systems in the vicinity of an electrical meter outside of a new warehouse. The meter exploded, causing burns to the employee's face and arms.

An employee was operating an oxygen-deficient oven that required manual ignition to make charcoal from wood. As the oven was opened, oxygen was introduced to the environment, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained head trauma as well as fractures to the arms and legs.

An employee was setting up the electrical parts for a fireworks display. They were inserting an e-match when it generated friction with something else. A 3-inch firework shell ignited, injuring the employee's hand and head.

Employees were performing well pad completion work. They pumped nitrogen into the well unit to open it up so that it would flow/produce. The employee went to the sand-removing unit/trailer to check if the well was flowing. He was standing on the steps and walkway of the trailer when an explosion occurred that knocked him over the walkway handrail resulting in a 3-4 foot fall. He was hospitalized with a fractured left foot and first-degree burns to his hands. A generator about 37 feet away had caused the ignition.

An employee was adjusting a stretcher. Their foot went between a 3-inch opening on a press. The employee sustained an open fracture of their lower left leg above the ankle.

An employee was standing at a press machine, removing metal from a die cradle that was stuck. Once the metal was removed, the side die closed on his right wrist and lower forearm, breaking bones in the arm.

An employee was pulling metal using a tail stretcher. He pressed the double palm buttons to start the process when the clamp became stuck. The employee pulled on the metal. His left thumb was inside the clamp when it opened, cutting and amputating the tip of his thumb.

An employee was operating a 2 1/2 inch extruder press when aluminum became jammed in the press. Pressure built up and the piece of aluminum shot into the employee's left index finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was operating an electric hand saw when five of their fingers were lacerated.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.