True Manufacturing: OSHA inspections and violations

Jul 21, 2024, O Fallon: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)

Three employees were reorganizing a work area by staging material-handling tables. Two employees were pushing a table while the third employee guided it. The table became stuck on the wheel of another nearby table and while the two employees tried to push it free, the third employee moved the other table. The newly freed table moved forward into the other table, and the third employee's right…

Jun 27, 2024, O Fallon: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.

An employee was fabricating an evaporator fixture. The fixture was sitting on a table and the employee was utilizing a hoist and chain sling hooks to elevate one side of the fixture into position to weld a piece on it. The hoist moved slightly on the bridge trolley, creating slack in the chain that caused one of the legs of the sling to come out of the square tubing. The evaporator fixture came…

Oct 12, 2023, O Fallon: Hospitalization · strains · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified

An employee was lifting and bending to transfer processed product when they suffered a back strain.

Mar 8, 2023, O Fallon: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was grinding a piece of metal using a grinding wheel. The wheel pulled the metal in and the distal tuft of the employee's left thumb was amputated.

Feb 25, 2020, O Fallon: Hospitalization · fractures · toes(s), toenail(s)

An employee was attending a meeting near a production line. He activated a tilt table in order to move it out of the way. The table came down on his left foot, fracturing the big toe.

Dec 18, 2017, O Fallon: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)

An employee was cutting plywood panels with a saw when he went to stack the finished panel. While he was stacking/leaning the upright panel against other panels, the stack of panels began to slide and knocked his legs out from under him. He landed on his left side and broke his hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.