Materion Precision Optics and Thin Film Coatings, Inc.

An employee was working in the fulfillment area carrying large bags of dog food, cat litter, a cube organizer, and book cases. The employee began experiencing abdominal pain and sustained two hernias that resulted in hospitalization.

An employee was carrying a door up an exterior stairwell when he injured his back.

On March 17, 2022, an employee performing a work capacity test was walking with 45 lbs. of weight and began to feel discomfort in his chest resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was disconnecting a wash line. While in a squatting position, the employee was using a rubber hammer to tighten a clamp and sustained a back injury.

During a tooling change on a piece of equipment, a maintenance mechanic had just removed a heat plate when another employee walked in his direction. He flipped the hot plate toward his chest to keep it from touching the other employee and suffered a pulled or torn muscle in the upper left arm and shoulder.

A lab technician was operating a polishing machine. He went to replace pads within the machine when the camera inside the machine that performs scanning lowered and caught his right wrist against the polishing tank. The employee suffered crush injuries to his wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.

In a machine shop, an employee was transporting 100-pound metal plates to an assembly table. Three plates began to fall and the employee went to catch them. The plates fell on the employee's fingers, amputating their left middle and ring fingertips.

An employee was setting up a press machine. He was reattaching the air supply to the press when his right index finger was caught and fractured in two places.

An employee picked up a beverage bottle that had previously fallen from a janitor's cart and drank from it. The bottle contained a blue liquid that was a disinfectant cleaning solution. The employee suffered chemical burns to the throat and esophagus and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a broom to sweep debris from the floor in a receiving area. While he was moving a fan out of the way, the fan blade amputated his right ring fingertip and cut his right middle finger.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.