Marshalltown Hammer

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was working on a production line. The employee went to retrieve parts that came out of the parts holder, and their left hand became caught between a chain and a sprocket. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.

An employee was positioning a part inside a restrike hammer (full revolution drop hammer). The employee was wearing his safety pullout devices (metal cable with wristlets) at the time. As the employee positioned the part inside the die, he tripped the machine with his palm. As the ram went to drop, his pullout device (cotton rope connection) broke away from the press and his right hand was crushed by the top die as it fell. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

A piece of sheet steel fell from a sawhorse onto an employee's right leg and foot, resulting in fractures.

An employee was removing the bottom die from an auto hammer. He was pushing the die out with his left hand when the die bar slipped and fell on top of his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a coolant door fault on a machine when the right door actuated and crushed his right index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.

At about 9:00 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was operating a lathe when a part jammed inside it. The employee was removing the jammed part when the machine's slide shifted, causing the lathe spindle to amputate his left ring fingertip.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.