MetalTek International, Inc.

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.

On October 9, 2024, an employee was repositioning the end of a metal casting that was not attached to the hoist. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the part and the work table, resulting in the amputation of their left ring fingertip.

An employee dropped a hot ARC rod onto the sand floor. The rod contacted his boot, burned through the leather, and contacted his left foot. He suffered burns to his foot and toes, which required surgery.

An employee was changing out an empty tote of wash for a full tote in a foundry. The mixer/frame fell and struck the employee's left arm, causing a compound fracture.

An employee's fingertip was amputated by a manual office paper cutter.

An employee was installing a 15-amp breaker in an electrical panel when a 12-gauge ground wire touched the positive busbar of the panel, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained a second-degree burn to their left hand.

An employee was repairing an HVAC system in the drop tile ceiling of a conference room when they were shocked, causing them to fall from the ladder. The employee sustained burns to their right middle and ring fingers.

An employee was replacing a contactor inside an electrical panel attached directly to a press. The press itself was receiving power from another main panel. After replacing the contactor, the employee flipped the switch and an arc flash occurred, burning the employee's elbow, bicep, and neck.

An employee was attempting to switch a medium-voltage primary cable and install a 200-amp fuse barrel. The employee contacted the bottom of the switch gear cradle for the fuse barrel, causing an arc blast. The electricity entered the employee s left hand and exited his big toes, resulting in electric shock and burns to the left hand, arm, shoulder, and both feet. The employee was hospitalized.

On December 6, 2023, an employee of Duke Energy was working on a single-phase 120-/240-volt parallel service re-tap when a secondary flash occurred in an underground service. The employee suffered a second-degree burn to the face and was hospitalized.

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.