Quanex IG Systems

On January 21, 2021, a machine that is used to apply an adhesive to the back of solar panels became jammed. An employee attempted to pull the product from the jammed machine when hot adhesive sprayed out of the machine onto the employee's neck and hand, burning the employee.

An employee walked around a parked forklift and tripped over the fork tines, fracturing the right elbow. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee sustained a hernia while carrying a 25-pound gas cylinder. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.

An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.

On July 16, 2025, at around 2:20 PM, an employee was drilling a hole in a metal bracket. One end of the bracket was secured in a vise. When drilling, the bracket twisted and wrapped around the employee's left index finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated near the top joint.

On April 14, 2025, an employee was adding material into a mixer for rubber manufacturing. The employee was removing a piece of rubber under the door of the machine when the machine was started. The employee's left hand was shut in the door and they were hospitalized with a fractured hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was driving a forklift after putting trash into the trash compactor. The forks of the lift struck uneven asphalt on the road, causing the forklift to abruptly stop. The employee bounced up and struck his head on the forklift cage, resulting in a skull fracture.

Two employees locked out/tagged out a screw for digging out rubber, which caused the paddle screw to get stuck. They removed the rubber from the paddle screw, removed the lock out/tag out, and restarted the machine. When it restarted, the injured employee's right leg became entangled in the paddle screw, resulting in a fractured leg.

A loaded sulfuric acid railcar was being pressured up for shipment when a 2-inch cap on the induction tube on top of the railcar failed. Sulfuric acid sprayed out of the induction tube and was released into secondary containment; a portion of the released liquid contacted an employee working on top of the railcar/on the loading rack. The employee was hospitalized for exposure to sulfuric acid (93%) on the face, upper torso, and bilateral upper extremities including the hands.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.