Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-22	Kings Bay	Ga	Crown Corr, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing old sheet metal panels from a roof when he fell 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a skull fracture, 11 broken ribs, and skin lacerations to his arm and back of the neck.
2021-09-23	Houston	Tx	Texas Stairs and Rails, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was working with sheet metal in the fabrication shop. A piece of sheet metal on a table shifted and rolled onto the employee's right hand amputating the index finger.
2021-08-25	Corpus Christi	Tx	Cleaver-Brooks Sales and Service, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the second or third rung of an A-frame ladder, holding a piece of sheet metal and using pliers to put tension on it. The rubber grip on the pliers came off and the employee fell, suffering lower back fractures.
2021-08-20	Niles	Oh	Howmet Aerospace	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working with sheet metal. A sliver of the metal penetrated the employee's gloves and punctured their hand. The employee required surgery to remove the metal.
2021-08-09	Lake Charles	La	RND Metal, LLC	Wrist(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
A piece of sheet metal slipped from an employee's hand and cut the employee's right wrist.
2021-07-27	Mcville	Nd	AAA Construction Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a ladder, installing the nuts on bolts that ran through a piece of sheet metal. The sheet metal slipped and knocked him off the ladder to the concrete about 8 feet below. He struck his head on the concrete, suffering head injuries.
2021-07-23	Rochester	Nh	DMR Industries Inc.	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were trying to get a cardboard sheet from behind 24 pieces of cold-rolled steel sheets that were leaning against a wall. One employee was supporting the sheets from the front as the other was removing the cardboard. The sheet metal started to tip forward, knocking the first employee to the floor and causing an injury to her right ankle that included broken bones, cut tendons and nerves, and a partial amputation.
2021-07-21	Austin	Tx	Comal County Erectors LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was laying sheet metal decking at a roof elevation. He fell from the roof to a slab of concrete, suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
2021-07-20	Apopka	Fl	Randall Mechanical, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July 20, 2021, an employee was rolling and cutting galvanized sheet metal using a crimp and beading machine. As the sheet metal was feeding into the machine, the sharp edge of the sheet metal cut her left middle finger resulting in medical amputation.
2021-06-17	Fort Worth	Tx	TDIndustries, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were moving a pallet of sheet metal from ground level to the ninth floor using a buck hoist. As they arrived on the ninth floor, the sheet metal bowed in the middle and fell over, pinning the employee's legs and resulting in a lower leg fracture.
2021-06-03	Bolingbrook	Il	Commercial Food Service Repair, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee cut his left index finger while taking a panel of sheet metal off a machine during preventive maintenance.
2021-05-14	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	Mowrey Elevator Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was holding a sheet of metal to cut for the controller box. The sheet metal slipped from his hand while using a 4" hand grinder and sliced a finger on his left hand. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-05-11	Machesney Park	Il	Spider Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On May 11, 2021, an employee was operating a pedal-operated brake press, and was feeding sheet metal into the press. Both of their hands were caught in the press, resulting in amputation of the right index finger and possibly crushed knuckles on both hands.
2021-04-30	Quinton	Al	Day & Zimmermann NPS	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On 04/30/2021 at 12:20 a.m., an employee was assisting two co-workers in retrieving a piece of expanded metal located behind a stack of sheet metal. The stack of sheet metal contained 25 to 30 sheets of 4-foot by 10-foot sheet metal that weighed approximately 50 pounds each, or 1,250 to 1,500 pounds total. While the employee and a co-worker were manually holding the stack of sheet metal, they lost control of the stack and attempted to move clear of the falling metal. The employee's right foot wa
2021-04-29	Fairburn	Ga	All FAB Precision Sheetmetal, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a hydraulic brake press to shape a piece of sheet metal. The employee was manually positioning the workpiece as he operated the machine and his left hand became caught between the die and the top punch of the brake press, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of the left index finger.
2021-04-06	Gering	Ne	Prime Metal Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was dumping scraps of sheet metal into a waste bin. He was retrieving some pieces of metal from the hopper when they lacerated his left index and middle fingers.
2021-03-22	Hannibal	Mo	CONSOLIDATED MACHINE & WELDING	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a press brake machine. As he aligned sheet metal against the backstop, the machine actuated and injured both his hands.
2021-03-15	Cordele	Ga	Marvair, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A press brake operator was bending small sheet metal parts when his left ring finger and middle finger were caught between the part being bent and the face of the upper bending die. The tips of each finger were crushed and the employee was hospitalized for surgical amputation of both fingertips.
2021-02-11	Denver	Co	Prime Custom Metals, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing fabricated sheet metal siding on a new building under construction while on an extension ladder. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground resulting in a head injury, concussion, and a head laceration.
2021-01-21	Harahan	La	MARSIGLIA CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Head and trunk	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing a sheet metal roof. The employee stepped on a section of the sheet metal roof and it gave way, causing the employee to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a brain hemorrhage, severe facial fractures, a rib fracture, and a punctured lung.
2020-09-28	Pascagoula	Ms	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was shaping a piece of sheet metal when the tip of his right thumb was pinched by the material.
2020-09-28	Largo	Fl	BCH Mechanical, L.L.C.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding sheet metal into the transverse duct connector machine when his hand was pinched between the first set of rollers resulting in medical amputation of his left index fingertip.
2020-09-22	Edwardsville	Il	Wiese USA, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment
While performing maintenance on a forklift, an employee cut their right arm on a firewall (sheet metal material).
2020-09-10	Marianna	Fl	Elevator Manufacturing Assembly Corp	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was lifting a piece of sheet metal from a shear. The metal fell and lacerated his left forearm.
2020-09-02	Metairie	La	C.T. Traina, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working in the fabrication shop when he tripped and his left arm struck a piece of sheet metal. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a severed artery and tendon in his left arm.
2020-09-01	Waller	Tx	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting a bend channel in a sheet of metal using a press brake. The brake actuated and the sheet metal rose up against the brake die, smashing the employee's fingers between the brake die and the sheet metal. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger at the last joint.
2020-08-28	Berwyn	Pa	Penske Truck Leasing, LP.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a sheet metal bender. The machine amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.
2020-08-28	Millport	Al	Steel Dust Recycling, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
At approximately 9:45 a.m. (CST), an employee was using a crane to move a piece of sheet metal. The piece of sheet metal became stuck on another sheet. The employee tried to free the piece of sheet metal with his right hand. When the piece of metal dislodged, it struck the employee's right ring finger and caused an amputation of the right ring fingertip.
2020-08-16	Tulsa	Ok	Aaon, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working near a shelf containing sheet metal parts when a forklift truck on the other side pushed a sheet metal part off the shelf. The part fell on the employee, causing a facial laceration and fractured right femur.
2020-07-14	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	LSC Communications US, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a jammed bundle from a conveyor when their finger was pulled by a sheet metal guide. The employee sustained an amputation of the right ring fingertip.
2020-07-14	Houston	Texas	Bayou Processing and Storage LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was guiding an overhead crane C-hook into coils of sheet metal. His hand was on the back side of the C-hook when it struck another master coil. His finger was caught between the C-hook and the coil, resulting in a partial amputation of his right distal pinky finger.
2020-07-10	Wichita	Kansas	Five Star Mechanical, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on the 7th rung of a step ladder performing sheet metal work. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered two broken feet, two fractured vertebrae, and a fractured pelvis (two places).
2020-07-09	Milford	Delaware	Baltimore Aircoil Company	Scalp	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was staging sheet metal for manufacturing. The employee bent down to pick up a sheet of paper from the floor. When he stood up, his head struck a piece of sheet metal in a storage rack, and the metal lacerated his scalp.
2020-07-02	Marlborough	Massachusett	Credit Cards Supplies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee amputated their right middle finger while handling sheet metal plate.
2020-06-24	Bensalem	Pennsylvania	National Refrigeration & A/C Products	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing cut sections of sheet metal from the laser conveyor. One of the sheets moved forward, pinning his finger against the opposite side. The employee sustained a right middle fingertip amputation.
2020-06-05	Blackshear	Georgia	Steel & Metal Systems, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had placed a piece of sheet metal into a folding machine and was operating the machine when the metal slipped further into the machine. The top plate came down on the employee's left middle fingertip, causing an amputation.
2020-05-27	Grenada	Mississippi	Modine Manufacturing Company	Elbow(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading sheet metal from a shear press. His sleeve got caught on the edge of the sheet metal and his elbow sustained a severe cut.
2020-04-14	Montgomery	Alabama	Rheem Manufacturing Co. Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
A machine operator was completing a setup to run another sheet metal part on an automatic straight side press. The machine cycled and the employee's hand was caught by the die. He sustained amputations of the left index and middle fingers.
2020-04-09	Cedar Park	Texas	Barriga Enterprises, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on a scissor lift installing sheet metal for a mini-storage unit. The employee was approximately 19 feet high when a strong wind blew the scissor lift over. The employee sustained back injuries and a broken arm.
2020-03-18	Denver	Colorado	RK MECHANICAL, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding sheet metal into a rolling machine when his glove got struck on a burr on the sheet metal and his left hand was drawn into the roller. The employee sustained the amputation of his left ring finger.
2020-03-17	Norman	Oklahoma	Johnson Controls, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was breaking loose a bundle of sheet metal parts. The bundle had been placed on a wood pallet on a table. The whole bundle of sheet metal parts slipped off the table, falling to the ground and landing on the employee's right foot. The employee sustained fractures to four toes.
2020-03-11	Bowling Green	Ohio	VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
At about 12:20 a.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was trying to adjust a stack of sheet metal when the stack fell. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between the sheet metal and a pallet, and the fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-28	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Specialty Fabrication and Powder Coating, LLC - Franklin	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was roll-forming sheet metal into an 8-inch tube. The radius had been made too small. The employee tried to pull the metal piece out and their right hand was pulled into the roller. The pinky and ring fingers on their right hand were smashed resulting in medical amputation of the pinky finger. The machine was in auto-run at the time.
2020-02-22	Fulton	Missouri	AZZ	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder while carrying a sheet metal part. The employee sustained a laceration to the left side of his face and a broken shoulder.
2020-02-13	Norman	Oklahoma	Johnson Controls, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While holding a sheet metal part and bending it in a press brake, an employee's right ring fingertip was caught between the sheet metal part and the work rest. The right middle fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-07	Salters	South Caroli	U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing a 4-inch by 8-inch piece of sheet metal in a punch press. When the press was activated, the metal shifted and pinched his glove and the tip of his right index finger against the fiberglass guard on the machine. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
2019-09-24	Centralia	Illinois	Big 3 Precision Products Inc	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employee was loading sheet metal into a press die. The die activated, caught the employee's hand, and crushed it. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-18	Arvada	Colorado	Drexel Metals Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a sheet metal folding machine. The machine activated and crushed the employee's hands, causing the amputation of three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-13	Denver	Colorado	California Expanded Metal Products Co.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Two employees were operating the slitter machine and hydraulic table on Line 1. Employee 1 was operating the controls while Employee 2 was using a wooden stick to pick up the ends of sheet metal coming from the slitter head to set them on the hydraulic table. As the hydraulic table moved towards the slitter head, Employee 2 was caught in between the slitter machine and the hydraulic table. Employee 2 was hospitalized for a contusion and crushed chest wall, liver lacerations and bruised kidneys.
2019-08-23	El Paso	Texas	Genco Fabrication	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting sheet metal when the sheet metal shear contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-08-21	Fort Collins	Colorado	Architectural Sheet Metal & Panels, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was running sheet metal panels though a panel machine when the employee's hand went under the sheers, resulting in an amputation to the left hand (only the pinky finger remains).
2019-08-19	Cranberry Township	Pennsylvania	Premier Heating & Cooling, LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting sheet metal when the metal separated and hit the employee in the eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2019-08-15	Minden	Louisiana	Fibrebond Coorperation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing sheet metal panels. The employee's hand got caught between a panel and the metal structural frame, which pinched the tip of his right middle finger off.
2019-07-29	Waterville	Maine	Charles B. Davis Co., Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was pulling a sheet of stainless steel from a rack when he dropped the sheet metal and it severely lacerated the back of his leg.
2019-06-29	Newark	Delaware	R. Brooks Mechanical, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was installing sheet metal when a panel of the metal slipped out of his hands and cut his left arm, lacerating an artery. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-06-24	Chillicothe	Illinois	Chillicothe Metal Co., Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was hand carrying a piece of sheet metal when it fell and severely lacerated his forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-06-13	Roscoe	Illinois	American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was installing a piece of sheet metal on a roof when he fell through the 4-foot by 4-foot hole for it. He landed on the concrete floor, suffering two broken ribs and injuries to both legs.
2019-06-05	Robertsdale	Alabama	Bagby and Russell Electric Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was picking up an electrical box to install it. The box slipped and when the employee went to grab it his right hand went inside of the box and contacted a thin sheet metal edge that severed tendons and veins on the middle and index fingers.
2019-05-14	Boise	Idaho	J B Laser	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was carrying a large piece of sheet metal when it was dropped on his foot, causing an injury that resulted in a little toe amputation.
2019-05-10	Dallas	Pennsylvania	Pennmark Technologies Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary worker was operating a press brake to bend a 70mm piece of sheet metal. Their right hand was caught in the press when it was actuated resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
2019-05-06	Rantoul	Illinois	Charles Industries, Ltd	Wrist(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
On May 6, 2019, at approximately 3:49 PM, an employee working on a brake press and handling a piece of sheet metal (approximately 2' x 4'). The sheet slipped and lacerated the ulnar artery on his left wrist, just above the glove. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2019-04-11	Douglasville	Georgia	Randstad	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending sheet metal roof cleats on a folding machine. The ram came down on his hand, amputating the three middle fingers at the knuckle and crushing the little finger. He was hospitalized.
2019-04-04	Irving	Texas	Dallas Trailer Repair Company	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a 300-pound piece of sheet metal from its stored position to the shear to cut it to size. The sheet metal fell onto the employee's steel-toe boots. The employee's right foot was punctured by a corner of the metal and several bones in the foot were broken.
2019-04-02	Shiloh	Illinois	Supplied Industrial Solutions, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On 4/02/2019, an employee was approximately 6 feet off the ground on an 8-foot ladder, hand-adjusting a wire on ducting/sheet metal that was being hung. He became unbalanced and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his left upper arm and requiring surgery.
2019-04-02	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	SOUTHWESTERN ROOFING AND METAL, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was helping a sheet metal foreman measure a small sheet metal roof over the dock. The employee walked onto the sheet metal roof and fell through a flush skylight on the canopy. He fell 16 feet, landed on some 55-gallon drums, bounced, and ended up on the dock concrete flooring. He was hospitalized with broken ribs, broken vertebrae, a punctured lung, an injury to the other lung, and a damaged spleen.
2019-03-13	Elgin	Illinois	Metrostaff Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On March 13, 2019, at approximately 6:45 p.m., a temporary employee was setting up a new job on the sheet metal cutting machine when his fingers contacted the blade, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the left ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
2019-03-06	Bucks	Alabama	Vulcan Industrial	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were cutting and bending metal using a manual sheet metal brake. The brake closed on an employee's left hand, causing the amputation of the index fingertip.
2019-03-04	Vinton	Texas	Commercial Roofing Systems Inc.	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Two employees were moving sheet metal by hand. One employee lost their grip on the metal and sustained a laceration on his left arm/wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.
2019-02-28	Seguin	Texas	Berridge Manufacturing Company	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was running a sheet metal panel forming machine. The employee's right glove was pulled into the urethane feed-in rollers and crushed.
2019-02-11	Fort Myers	Florida	Conditioned Air Company of Naples, LLC	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was breaking loose a sheet metal duct connection that was sealed with pure duct seal using a flat head screw driver. The screwdriver slipped and struck his left eye. He was hospitalized.
2019-01-16	Alliance	Ohio	W.J. Egli Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 16, 2019, an employee was bending sheet metal on a hydraulic press brake. The height adjustment guard had loosened and created a larger clearance between the sheet metal and the die. The press brake was activated via the foot pedal while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation. His left index finger was crushed, resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-01-15	Piedmont	Alabama	Garcy Manufacturing, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was operating a press brake machine to form 16-gauge cold rolled sheet metal into an 18" x 12" metal pan with a 1-inch lip on all four sides. The bottom foot of the press brake fell out of the machine and landed on the employee's left leg/foot, crushing the foot and lacerating the calf and shin.
2019-01-10	Dallas	Texas	First Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 10, 2019, an employee was helping in the operation of a sheet metal slitting machine and was operating a sheet metal re-coiling machine. He was trying to tighten up the sheet metal coil before banding it. As the coil turned, his right pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the coil and the tensioning bar of the re-coiler. The finger was cut about halfway through and was later surgically amputated just below the first knuckle.
2018-09-21	Mchenry	Illinois	Michels Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was leaning on a pile of sheet metal and amputated a finger between sheets of metal.
2018-09-10	Cypress	Texas	Tex-Fab, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was using a tool to check the correct diameter of sheet metal in a roller machine when his gloved right hand was caught by the roller and pulled into the machine, crushing four fingers. As a result, the four fingers were amputated.
2018-09-05	Norton	Massachusett	AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a lift into another room and had closed the room door when a sheet metal damper installed in the wall above the door fell from the ceiling and hit the employee's back, fracturing the C5 vertebra and compressing other vertebrae.
2018-08-04	Batavia	Ohio	Milacron, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A sheet metal panel fell from a machine and amputated the employee's fingertip.
2018-07-26	Wichita	Kansas	Textron Aviation Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was fabricating a shop aid out of aluminum sheet metal. While he was using a manual, foot-operated shear, his left ring fingertip was caught under a material clamp on the shear, resulting in a partial amputation.
2018-07-11	Cuba	Missouri	ASPEQ HEATING GROUP, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing a metal screen on a sheet metal folding machine when his foot inadvertently pushed down on the machine's cycle foot pedal, causing the upper ram to close down on his hands. He suffered a compression injury and fractures to the left hand and bruises to the right hand.
2018-07-11	Pryor	Oklahoma	US Engineering Company	Multiple face locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A rack of sheet metal tipped, and an employee's face and nose were lacerated by the falling sheet metal.
2018-07-05	Skippack	Pennsylvania	Greco Materials, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing sheet metal on a curtain rail using a forklift when the employee fell 15 feet, suffering trauma.
2018-06-10	Gainesville	Georgia	Fieldale Farms	Multiple trunk locations	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was preparing to clean an air duct system and fell down a shaft when backing up along the duct system. The employee sustained back and pelvic fractures. A piece of sheet metal duct work at the end of the shaft also lacerated the employee's left hand.
2018-06-06	Monongahela	Pennsylvania	DMI Companies	Wrist(s)	Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury
A piece of sheet metal was hanging from a dumpster and an employee attempted to flip the metal into the container. As he did, the metal caught his right wrist causing a laceration that required hospitalization for surgery to repair a nicked artery.
2018-05-29	West Bridgewater	Massachusett	BEACON SALES ACQUISITION, INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was installing a piece of sheet metal in the CNC press brake and suffered a finger amputation.
2018-05-18	Quincy	Illinois	Craig Industries, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving a cart with sheet metal on it when the sheet metal ran into a building pole. The employee's arm was between the pole and the sheet metal, resulting in a laceration to the employee's left wrist.
2018-05-18	Winfield	Kansas	Webster Combustion	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a sheet metal roller machine to make a part and was attempting to straighten a piece when the roller caught the employee's left hand, amputating the little and ring fingers.
2018-05-14	Blytheville	Arkansas	Stracener Brothers Construction	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On May 14, 2018, an employee was working on a sheet metal roof and started to experience symptoms related to heat illness. The employee was admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
2018-05-02	North Canton	Ohio	The Timken Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was hand feeding a piece of sheet metal into a roll forming machine when his right hand contacted the rolls, pulling his hand into the machine. Four of his right fingers were partially amputated.
2018-04-27	Mountville	Pennsylvania	The Hain Celestial Group Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee used a stationary horizontal band saw to cut a piece of sheet metal about 15 feet long. When the employee went to move the piece of sheet metal, the end hit an adjacent portable band saw, causing the portable band saw to tip off its stand. The employee walked over to upright the tipped over portable band saw and it completely fell off the stand. As the portable band saw fell, the employee's finger was caught between the stand and the falling portable band saw, causing lacerations and
2018-04-24	Healdton	Oklahoma	ATS Group, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was acting as a spotter for a crane to help guide sheet metal into place when a nearby light pole became loose and fell on top of him, breaking his leg.
2018-04-22	Tulsa	Oklahoma	AAON INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was placing sheet metal panels onto a base form when his left middle finger was pinched between the panels, resulting in a surgical amputation.
2018-04-19	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Alfa Laval Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hand-held drill to ream a hole in a sheet metal bracket held in a vice. The injured employee was attempting to remove a wire loop from the hole being drilled when his glove was caught in the bit. The glove pulled the middle finger on his left hand into the bit, causing cartilage and tendon damage that resulted in a finger amputation.
2018-03-28	Albany	Missouri	Johnson Controls Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading a fully assembled sheet metal coil rack into a parts cart. The coil rack was placed on the edge and was started into the cart. As the employee began to slide the product into the cart, the rack slipped off of the table. The top portion of the rack that the employee was holding came in contact with the table. This created a pinch point where the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the coil rack and table, resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalanx
2018-03-10	Madison	Wisconsin	Wolf Appliance, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was turning a piece of stainless steel sheet metal when the corner of the sheet metal contacted and cut his right wrist.
2018-02-27	Mckinney	Texas	Space City Construction, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While installing sheet metal decking to the second floor of a three-story commercial storage unit being built, an employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor below and landed on sheet metal siding, suffering fractured vertebrae.
2018-02-21	Raymond	Nebraska	CLEARY BUILDING CORPORATION	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level
While installing screws on a sheet metal roof, an employee slipped off the roof and fell to the frozen ground, fracturing both feet.
2018-02-20	Denver	Colorado	APOLLO SHEET METAL, INC.	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck on the head by falling sheet metal duct work during demolition operations, suffering a concussion.
2018-01-25	San Antonio	Texas	Comfort Air Engineering	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a drill to install sheet metal beauty rings around ductwork when the employee's hand slipped and hit the metal duct, lacerating the right index finger.
2018-01-16	Columbus	Nebraska	Behlen Manufacturing Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping another employee operate a folding brake. She was placing sheet metal in the machine when the equipment came down on her left thumb, amputating the tip.
2018-01-08	Jackson	Alabama	Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was monitoring a section of production between the trimmer and edger saws when he noticed boards were jamming on the overhead conveyor between the saws. He stepped up onto a sheet metal barrier that was 22 inches high and then slipped and fell. His face struck an electrical closure (junction box) that was near the ground, fracturing his jaw and requiring hospitalization.