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An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

During crane assembly, an employee's left middle finger was caught in a bridle pin while trying to move counterweights, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was inspecting a pipe in the rice cooking area near an oven. While checking for a clog, the fingers of their right hand were caught in an airlock at the base of the pipe. All the fingers were amputated except the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was called over to the dinner line due to a black substance under the rotary. The employee was cleaning the black substance from the discharge hole of the rotary when their fingers were struck by the rotary cups. The employee sustained amputation injuries to the middle and ring fingers on their left hand.

On September 23, 2025, an employee was monitoring a feed roller when they tripped and their right hand contacted the roller. The employee was hospitalized and their right hand was amputated at the wrist.

An employee was walking up a carpeted ramp after clocking in for her shift when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured femur that required hospitalization and surgery.

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

An employee was stacking metal tubes using a forklift. A stack became unstable and the employee got out of the forklift to steady it, instructing his helper to get into the forklift. The forklift movement caused some tubes to fall and strike the employee, resulting in an open fracture of his left hand.

An employee was in a truck, helping a team lift a 55-gallon drum into the truck. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a magnetic drill when his right index finger was caught in the bit, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a shell core machine that had failed to raise the sand hopper into place for core making. The employee went to manipulate a switch and the machine cycled. The employee s left middle fingertip was caught between the roller-ball switch and the roller-ball switch target, resulting in a laceration that required surgical amputation to part of the distal phalanx.

An employee was overseeing production on a winder machine and went to clear a jam when the head stock amputated their right thumb and index fingertip.

Two employees were loading a roll into an EDT machine. One employee was operating the crane and the other employee was the EDT operator. The crane operator was between the roll and the EDT machine. Both employees were struck by the suspended roll and knocked into the EDT machine wall. Both employees sustained internal abdominal injuries requiring surgery and hospitalization. One employee was fatally injured.

An employee was removing product from a leg quarter saw with a hook when the hook became jammed. As he was getting the hook free, his right hand came into contact with the saw, which partially amputated his middle finger.

An employee was standing at a workstation, preparing to hang poultry. The employee reached to close a manual air damper for an air vent, which caught their left middle finger as it closed. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was turning out of an aisle on a stand-up powered industrial truck (PIT) when a rack guard penetrated the cab of the truck and pinned their foot against the truck. The employee's left heel was crushed and required surgery.

An employee was operating an overmolding injection machine. His left hand was crushed when the hydraulic plates came together to complete the overmold process. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ring finger and abrasions on both sides of his hand.

An employee was standing and talking to a Department of Transportation employee about the project. They were 40 feet away from a pile-driving operation when a piece of the cast iron pile-driving hammer broke off and struck the employee's hand. The employee sustained a severed artery, laceration, and fractures in their hand, as well as contusions to a leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was retrieving pallets from a conveyor feed using a stand-up forklift. While turning a corner on the forklift, the tip of his left foot struck a bollard, resulting in fractured toes.

An employee (ground hand) for a drilling operation was measuring a recently drilled hole using a tape measure. An operator was moving equipment and bumped a core drilling barrel (drilling tool) that fell over and struck the employee causing a scrape on the elbow and broken toes. The employee was hospitalized.