| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-15 | Meadville | Pa | Channellock, Inc. | Hand(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was helping to install a forging hammer sow block. He was standing near the hammer and guiding a forklift operator who was manipulating the suspended block. The employee was directing the forklift backward to realign the block and had his hand on top of timber that was connected to the load strap. As the block was coming out, it contacted the bottom of the hammer and caused the timber to rotate. The employee's hand was crushed between the timber and the forklift tine. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Burgettstown | Pa | Union Electric Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was preparing to lift a 25,000-pound forging with an overhead crane using a spreader bar and a set of chains. The chains on one side of the forging snagged on set downs and would not slide into position. The employee used his right hand to position the chains to the center of the load when the crane began to lift the forging. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the chain and the forging, resulting in amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-03-17 | Emporium | Pennsylvania | GKN Sinter Metals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was aligning/installing the bottom punch in a forging press. An airline was hooked up to extend cylinders for the die pod. The airline became disconnected and the die pod fell, pinching the employee's left index finger between the die and the punch. The finger was amputated to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Irvine | Pennsylvania | Ellwood National Forge | Eye(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee moved a forging from the layout table to the centering machine using an overhead crane. The employee removed the crane’s hook from the forging and then moved the crane away from the area. As the crane was moving away, the hook got caught on the centering machine. The hook came under tension and then let loose, striking the employee on the right side of his head. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone and eye damage. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Newport | Arkansas | Southwest Steel Processing | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was running a trim press on a forging line. His body started cramping and his supervisor took him to the break room to cool off. He later went to the hospital for dehydration. | |||||
| 2019-05-20 | Sharon | Pennsylvania | Ellwood Crankshaft & Machine - Sharon Forge | Jaw, chin | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee had entered a forging press to make adjustments. The employee was stepping down from a step stool when he slipped and fell to the ground striking his jaw on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his jaw. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
| While scarfing a forging, a hot spark got inside the employee's protective clothing. When the employee opened his clothing, enough oxygen got in to allow the clothing to catch fire. The employee sustained second degree burns. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | La Junta | Colorado | Lewis Bolt & Nut Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee had been burning off old cloth that was on tongs so it could be replaced. To cool off the tongs, the employee accessed the water coolant stream on the upsetter forging machine. The employee slipped and stepped on the pedal that engaged the machine and half of his left pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-03-30 | Canton | Ohio | CANTON DROP FORGE INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was placing a steel jamb near the opening of a rotary forging furnace and was struck by the steel jamb when it fell causing a contusion injury to the right calf. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | East Hartford | Connecticut | AeroCision, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was delivering a pallet of forging material to a vendor. When he opened the rear door of the delivery truck, one piece of material weighing 456 pounds fell off the pallet and landed on him, bruising his arm. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Danville | Illinois | THYSSENKRUPP CRANKSHAFT COMPANY, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was performing maintenance on forging machines when a set of dies ejected from the machine and struck his foot, resulting in a medical toe amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Houston | Texas | Ellwood Texas Forge, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| After measuring a hot forging using calipers, an employee turned and was walking away when the forging came loose of the manipulator and hit the back of his left leg, fracturing his ankle and causing second degree burns on his leg. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Moline | Illinois | MOLINE FORGE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 2, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., an employee was running the beginnings of a new job on a forging hammer when his right hand went between the top and bottom die as the foot pedal was pressed, amputating four fingers. | |||||
| 2018-02-16 | Sterling | Colorado | NICHOLS TILLAGE TOOLS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| During a forging operation, an employee had their left index finger amputated while using a punch press. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Mount Pleasant | Texas | Best Fender Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee powered off a fender forging machine and engaged the pneumatic gauge die holder (cylinder). The cylinder then came up and amputated his finger. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | Plantsville | Connecticut | The J.J. Ryan Corporation Rex Forge Division | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On August 9, 2017, an employee was looking through the end frame of a large, powered forging press when it cycled. The die then came down and struck his head and face, causing serious injuries. | |||||
| 2017-07-15 | Cleveland | Texas | Western Forge & Flange Co. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was handling a metal part as it was being forged in a forging hammer when the part shattered. A hot metal shard shot out of the forging hammer and punctured the employee's abdomen, causing internal damage. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-21 | Ellwood City | Pennsylvania | Ellwood City Forge, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was unloading forgings from a furnace to the floor where they were placed on rails using an overhead crane and lifting chains. As the employee was unhooking the lifting chains from the forgings on the rails, the chain hook became caught on the rail. The employee used a metal bar to attempt to free up the chain hook. When the chain hook was freed, the hook swung back and came into contact with a metal wedge that is used to keep the forgings in place on the rail. When the wedge was mov | |||||
| 2017-02-24 | Freeport | Illinois | ANCHOR-HARVEY COMPONENTS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 24, 2017, a temporary employee was using tongs with his right hand to remove the hot metal/stamped piece from the point-of-operation on the forging punch press and placed it on the nearby heat belt (conveyor). Then, the employee sprayed the point-of-operation with his left hand holding the sprayer bottle. The employee reached into the point-of-operation with the sprayer bottle and his left hand was caught and crushed by the closing dies of the forging punch press. His left index fing | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Canton | Ohio | CANTON DROP FORGE INC. | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On 1/19/2017, at approximately 1830, an employee was attempting to remove a die key from a steam-powered forging hammer when his leg became caught and injured between the key knocker ram and the hammer. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Dekalb | Illinois | DEKALB FORGE COMPANY | Nonclassifiable | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping a forging hammer operator and was attempting to release a part lodged inside the hammer. The employee's hand tool became caught inside the point of operation and broke when the machine cycled. A piece of the hand tool ejected and struck the employee, breaking bones and lacerating the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-05-12 | Akron | Ohio | Summit Tool Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was showing a coworker how to operate a forging press and was pointing toward the machine's operations. To get a better view, the coworker leaned forward and accidentally made contact with the foot pedal, actuating the press. The employee's right index finger was amputated by the machine. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Sycamore | Alabama | AmeriBolt, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing a tool inside of a forging press and pinched a finger between the tool and the mold flange. The right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss. | |||||