Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Lancaster | Pa | Arconic Lancaster Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding interleave paper into the start of a coil on a slitter machine when their hand was pinched between the hold down and arbors. The employee's right hand was drawn into the in-running nip point, resulting in avulsions to their right thumb and index finger, for which the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Dalton | Ga | ANCI, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on the fabric rolling machine located at the slitter station. He attempted to remove a wrinkle in the fabric roll he was making and his arm was pulled into the machine between the fabric roll being made and the press roller, resulting in friction burns. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Birmingham | Al | Mill Steel Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two employees were working together to rotate the arbor on a slitter and tape the slitter rubbers. As an employee was taping the rubbers, the rotating arbor grabbed his left hand and pulled his index and middle fingers into a pinch point. Both fingers were amputated. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Sheridan | Ar | Shippers Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to adjust the pressure rod and tension ball of a slitter machine. The slitter blade amputated the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Blytheville | Ar | JMS Russel Metals Corp. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on a slitter machine when the rubbers on its arbor caught his right hand and pulled his arm through the slitter head. The employee's right hand and arm were crushed. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Mesquite | Tx | Rainstamp Manufacturing | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine when their hand got caught in the machine, resulting in lacerations and amputations to their right hand. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Hastings | Ne | GIBRALTAR PACKAGING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to unjam waste paper in a paper slitter. The slicer blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-04 | Streamwood | Il | Aluminum Coil Anodizing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was wiping the tension roller on a 6-inch slitter with a rag. The rag and the employee's right hand were pulled into the roller; the employee's fingers were crushed and degloved. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Minster | Oh | Precision Strip, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was setting up slitter knives to be sharpened on a knife grinder when their right middle finger was crushed between a level used to align the grinding wheel and the grinding wheel guard. The employee sustained amputation of their right middle finger between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
2020-08-24 | Mesquite | Tx | Senox Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While working on a metal slitter machine an employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger and a laceration to the right middle finger. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Medina | Ohio | United Tube Corporation | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was putting cardboard into a coil on the slitter when his glove got caught by the edge of the steel and pulled his arm into the slitter. The employee's left arm was amputated above the elbow. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Ottawa | Kansas | FASHION, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a cut-to-length slitter machine. A piece of 0.036 metal sheeting became stuck and he was attempting to dislodge it when three fingers became entangled. The fingers were broken and required surgery. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Reading | Pennsylvania | BRENTWOOD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was un-jamming a slitter machine when the cutting blade cut off his pinky fingertip. | |||||
2020-04-15 | Chicago Heights | Illinois | FRAMARX/WAXSTAR | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was dislodging a paper core that had fallen into a slitter rewinder machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a belt driven pulley and sustained an amputation. | |||||
2020-03-31 | Calvert | Alabama | Steel Warehouse of Alabama | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine when the employee's hand was caught in the rollers, removing skin from the hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Tecumseh | Kansas | Futamura USA, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee working as a finishing operator was using sand paper to clean a spindle roll on a slitter machine. The employee's arm was caught in the spinning rollers. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right arm requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
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. | |||||
2019-05-08 | O Fallon | Missouri | CLARKDIETRICH | Hand(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was operating a slitter machine when it malfunctioned. As the employee attempted to fix the malfunction, their hand slammed into the blade and sustained a laceration. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Baldwin Supply Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a conveyor belt slitter when their thumb was caught between two rollers and pulled into the belt slitter. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the right thumb, requiring hospitalization and a skin graft. | |||||
2019-04-04 | Bedford Heights | Ohio | Majestic Steel USA Inc. | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was doing setup on a slitter arbor. The table moved; the employee was caught by the chest between the table and the splitter arbor. The employee was then released and fell, striking his head and suffering head injuries. | |||||
2019-03-16 | Huntingdon | Pennsylvania | Huntingdon Fiberglass Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was tightening the east side of a slitter after a job change and checked to see if the mat was being cut properly. As he was checking, his glove was caught and his fingers were pulled into the compaction roller, de-gloving his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers and resulting in amputation. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Glen Rock | Pennsylvania | Adhesives Research, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine with a rag. The rag got caught on the rollers pulling his right hand into the machine. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the hand and a right thumb fracture. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Clearwater | Florida | SPECTRA METAL SALES, INC. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the slitter machine and got their right hand caught in the machine's rollers causing a laceration to the palm. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Rockwall | Texas | Channell Commercial Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear an SMC sheet jam when the slitter knife amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Beardstown | Illinois | Caraustar Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On March 27, 2018, at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee noticed a piece of trim tangled up on a slitter and was in the process of clearing the machine when the blade cut him. He suffered a distal tip amputation of his left thumb. | |||||
2018-03-26 | Valley City | Ohio | THREE D METALS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually sliding a tail stock into a slitter machine's arbors when his right index finger was pinched between the stock and a bolt, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was performing a change-over of the web lead at a press machine when the employee's left arm was caught between the machine's drive/drag roller and the slitter roller, resulting in arm bruises. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Baldwinville | Massachusett | Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was testing a trim blower with tissue paper when he lost his balance and fell. During the fall, his left-hand palm contacted the trim blower's slitter blade and was lacerated. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Blytheville | Arkansas | JMS Russel Metals Corp. | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was wrapping a coil of steel with an ID band at an exit turnstile and slitter cart. His right leg was over the rail between the cart and the end stop when the cart moved and pinned his right leg, breaking it. | |||||
2017-07-22 | Axis | Alabama | Tesco Electrical Contractors | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was helping to replace a conveyor belt on a slitter machine that was suspended by a crane when the employee's foot slipped through two steel plates. The plates then sprung back and pinned the employee's left lower leg between the two, causing severe contusions. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Auburn | Massachusett | American Steel and Aluminum, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a coil slitter when his finger became caught in the roller, resulting in amputation of his right index finger. | |||||
2017-04-24 | Fort Worth | Texas | All Star Corrugated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming the slitter machine and amputated four fingers. | |||||
2017-04-03 | Denver | Colorado | PROTECTO WRAP COMPANY | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee leaned into a slitter machine throttle while clearing stuck material, crushing his left wrist and lacerating his left hand and right pinky finger. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Dewey | Oklahoma | OPS Sales Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a slitter machine which unrolled steel coils. The coils develop slack as they are unrolled and to counter the slackness the operator manually inserts cardboard slats. As the employee inserted a slat, a gloved right hand was pulled into the coil. The middle, ring and little fingers were amputated. The thumb tip was also amputated. | |||||
2017-03-16 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Matenaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on the slitter machine and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-07 | Valley City | Ohio | THREE D METALS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was taping knives on the 60" metal slitter machine at the entry side of the machine. When the machine was jogged three fingers on the employee's left hand were amputated. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Carpenter Technology Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was inspecting the strip at the slitter machine. He turned and his hand struck the edge of the strip causing a 1/2 inch laceration on his hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Clayton Metals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine's tension roll as part of setup operations when the machine was jogged. The roll pinched the employee's left hand, crushing/breaking fingers and amputating a finger. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Dover | Ohio | Greer Steel Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning contaminants from stripper rings on a slitter head when the employee's left arm was pulled into the running slitter and crushed. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-24 | Mableton | Georgia | First American Resources Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a slitter machine and caught his right arm in a pinch point causing a severe laceration. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Rockfield | Wisconsin | Metals USA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming the slitter machine and experienced a crushing injury to a fingertip. | |||||
2016-08-31 | Piqua | Ohio | Miami Valley Steel Service | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the production line (slitter) and attempted to remove a piece of scrap while the line was operating. A production line pivot arm came down and struck the employee's right arm fracturing it. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Albion | New York | Saint-Gobain Adfors | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and his hand fell into the webbing of the razor slitter machine while it was running. Both bones in the right forearm were fractured. | |||||
2016-08-04 | Hermitage | Pennsylvania | Samuel Stamping Technologies, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was changing the rolls on the slitter and had the slitter roll hoisted with a crane. The roll was crooked/off balance on one side, which caused the sling strap to loosen. As the employee straightened the sling strap, the roll dropped down and struck his fingers between the sling strap and the roll. His left-hand ring and middle fingertips were surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-08-01 | San Benito | Texas | Reef Industries, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A winding shaft on the slitter machine was cutting larger rolls into smaller rolls when an employee noticed there was a wrinkle in the material. When he tried to correct the wrinkle, his left arm was caught between the winder and the material, breaking it. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Chicago | Illinois | International Casings Group, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee sustained an amputation to the right hand while cleaning the rollers of the slitter machine. | |||||
2016-07-16 | Mission | Kansas | Packaging Products Corp, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to get a wrap up out of the slitter by turning the nip roller by hand resulting in a left thumb fracture and laceration. | |||||
2016-06-04 | Jacksonville | Florida | WestRock, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting the slitter blade position of a paper machine when his right thumb was caught between the blade and the slitter band resulting in the amputation of the tip of the right thumb without bone loss. | |||||
2016-03-22 | Denver | Colorado | B & B Industries, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a slitter to cut corrugated cardboard. When he tried to make an adjustment, the input wheel grabbed his glove and pulled his finger in, causing the slitter to crush his finger. His right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-28 | Cedar Hill | Texas | Central States Mfg. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading material into the slitter machine when his hand and arm were pulled into the machine. | |||||
2016-01-26 | University Park | Illinois | Esmark Steel Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the slitting machine while wearing gloves. While actuating the rollers on the slitter, the employee attempted to remove a piece of scrap. The roller pulled his glove into the point of operation, causing an open avulsion to his left thumb and an open wound to his left pointer finger. | |||||
2016-01-07 | Hazleton | Pennsylvania | First Quality Products, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee entered the slitter machine area to cut off a piece of material. The machine was running at the time. The employee's left hand and forearm were crushed between two rollers on the machine, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Chillicothe | Ohio | P. H. Glatfelter Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was threading paper into a slitter machine and contacted the slitter blade amputating the left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-11-24 | Demopolis | Alabama | WestRock Papermill (formerly RockTenn) | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working the winder machine when the slitter blade failed to complete a cut on the paper. He attempted to complete the cut using a box knife when his right index finger got caught under the turning core. His fingertip was ultimately amputated. | |||||
2015-10-21 | Jacksonville | Florida | Staff Link | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had his back towards the machine when his gloves were caught in the metal slitter machine. This caused his arm to twist and pull resulting in a fracture to his upper right arm above the elbow. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery. | |||||
2015-09-24 | Birmingham | Alabama | Southand Tube | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was investigating a slitter malfunction when the employee's arm was caught in the scrap removal conveyor below the slitter. The left arm was amputated above the elbow. | |||||
2015-09-09 | Denver | Colorado | Sheffield Metals | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the rubbers on the entry end of the slitter head when his arm was pulled into the machine. He broke his left-hand pinky and ring fingers and required a skin graft between his elbow and wrist. | |||||
2015-08-20 | Austin | Texas | Hospira | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a slitter machine and grabbed the latch. The latch is stopped at 90 degrees by a safety pin, however the safety pin was worn out and it did not stop the latch. The latch continued past the 90 degree angle with the employee still holding it with his left hand and made contact with the metal box that houses the slitter's major bearings. Once the latch made contact with the metal box it crushed employee's left little, ring, and middle fingers. The little finger was amputat | |||||
2015-08-14 | Wichita | Kansas | Lewis-Goetz and Company, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was doing a roll-up on the belt slitter machine when the belt buckled after he cut it. He turned away from the machine to get a stick to flatten the belt and slipped off the wooden box that he was standing on. While trying to catch his balance, he put his right hand down on the belt going under the roller. He turned the machine off, which caused the roller to drop and crush his right forearm. | |||||
2015-07-24 | Pine Mountain Valley | Georgia | Koch Foods, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee sustained a right arm laceration while feeding poultry into slitter equipment. | |||||
2015-07-14 | Elk Grove Village | Illinois | MATERIAL SCIENCES CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee caught his right hand and arm in a roller on the line 7 slitter. The employee suffered injuries to the arm and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. | |||||
2015-07-13 | Cleveland | Ohio | Worthington Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding two strips of narrow pieces of steel into a reel. There were some cracked edges on the strip of metal. His hand was pulled toward the spacer causing his finger to get caught in/between the spacer (metal disc) and the steel strip that cuts the steel in the over arm (part of the reel/guide to keep cut straight). This occurred at the 72 slitter on the exit reel. | |||||
2015-04-29 | Windsor Locks | Connecticut | Ahlstrom Nonwovens, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the left index fingertip while using the 517 winder trim slitter machine. | |||||
2015-03-08 | Iuka | Mississippi | International Converter, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was hospitalized after his arm got caught between two rollers in the slitter machine. | |||||
2015-01-10 | Madawaska | Maine | Twin Rivers Paper Company | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
Employee was pulling shavings on a winder at the trim chute and contacted the trim slitter suffering an angled cut to the nail bed and tip of the right index finger. |