OKLAHOMA STEEL & WIRE CO. INC.

An employee was feeding wire through idler wheels when their hand became caught on the wheels, resulting in lacerations and abrasions with an avulsion of their ring fingernail that required surgery.

An employee was cutting weld tacks on a wire drawing machine's motor hood. After the last weld tack was cut, the hood fell on the employee's right arm and broke it.

At 5:46 PM, on July 26, 2025, an Evergreen Caissons bulldozer operator was towing a water truck on a sandy job site. The tow hook failed and the shackle and D-ring on the nylon tow rope snapped back and went through the back window of the dozer, and struck the operator. The employee sustained a gash under their right armpit. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was moving a concrete jersey barrier with a pallet jack. The barrier broke near its base and toppled onto the employee's right foot, causing injuries to the third and fourth toes including an amputation of the distal tissues and tuft of the distal phalanx at the fourth digit with at least one small, nondisplaced fracture of the tuft of the second distal phalanx with overlying soft tissue swelling. They also sustained a comminuted fracture of the tuft of the third distal phalanx with multiple displaced bone fragments and overlying soft tissue swelling. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working to tow a forklift with another forklift when the tow line came loose and struck their face. The employee sustained head, face, and eye injuries.

An employee was operating a tractor and utilizing a 2.5-foot kinetic rope and a 1-inch soft shackle to pull another tractor that was stuck in the mud. An additional 30-foot kinetic rope with a soft shackle was hooked up to provide distance from the soft soil. While pulling, the loop end of the terminal shackle on the stuck tractor frayed and released the rope, causing it to recoil back at the pulling tractor. The rope(s) struck the back of the pull tractor, broke the rear window, and struck the employee. The employee was pushed forward into the steering wheel and sustained severe lacerations to the head and a collapsed lung.

A maintenance employee was operating a center rider pallet jack with a scissor lift on the forks behind him. The employee had one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the lift. As he was driving, the pallet jack began lowering the scissor lift down unexpectedly, causing the lift to shift and catch the ring on his ring finger on a bolt on the scissor lift. The employee sustained an amputation of his left ring finger.

An employee was building slings. They were placing wire rope in a pneumatic vise when their right index finger was caught between the vise and the wire rope, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

On September 15, 2025, an employee was working on an auto-welder when the guard closed on their left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

At about 7:15 a.m. on August 28, 2025, an employee was using a construction compactor to stabilize the dirt of a dam that had just been built. The dirt gave way underneath the compactor, which tipped on its left side. The employee fell out and was crushed and pinned between the compactor and the dirt. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken sternum and broken ribs on both sides, as well as a laceration to the left leg by the ankle joint.

A temporary employee was stripping wire for scrap when the machine crushed their left thumb and little finger.

An employee was operating a wire counting machine when his glove was caught and pulled his right hand in. The employee was hospitalized with a partial amputation of his middle finger and the loss of the ring fingertip.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.