TG Missouri: OSHA inspections and violations

Jul 24, 2025, Perryville: Hospitalization · avulsions, enucleations without bone loss · lower leg(s)

An employee was reaching for a label and stepped onto a metal piece along rollers and slipped. His leg went down into a gap between the machines and contacted the metal in the gap between the rollers. The employee was hospitalized with the avulsion of skin on his left shin between the ankle and knee, as well as injuries to muscle and ligament.

Nov 12, 2021, Perryville: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)

An employee was using a stand-up tugger to move materials when a dry erase board on the front of the tugger came loose. The employee attempted to pick up the board and place it in a box behind him on the tugger. While the employee was turned, the tugger drove across a slope, which caused the employee to lose his balance and fall off the tugger. The employee sustained a broken left ankle.

Apr 10, 2021, Perryville: Hospitalization · second degree chemical burns and corrosions · leg(s), unspecified

An employee was adding metal to bins in a chrome plating hot water bath. The employee fell into a 148-degree solution of 6 percent sulfuric acid up to the waist; the employee suffered second-degree burns to the legs and was hospitalized.

Oct 19, 2018, Perryville: Hospitalization · cellulitis and abscess · nonclassifiable

An employee was monitoring a plating tank when the employee tried to retrieve a part that fell into the tank. The employee came in contact with the plating solution (hexavalent chromium) and suffered an infection.

May 17, 2015, Perryville: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

A forklift operator was moving a plastic returnable (3ftX3ftX2in) on the forks of a forklift. The employee was attempting to place the returnable in a cart that has the same dimensions as the returnable base. While attempting to set the returnable on the cart he had difficulty aligning the returnable with the cart. The cart has casters so it moves around. The employee decided he would go around…