NAICS sector 332·Federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Fabricated Metal Manufacturing

5,163 severe-injury reports to federal OSHA between 2015-01-05 and 2025-11-25, including 3,305 hospitalizations and 2,493 amputations.

Fabricated metal manufacturing (NAICS 332), covering machine shops, stamping, forging, and structural-metal fabrication, reports severe injuries dominated by amputations and crushing from power presses, press brakes, shears, and saws, plus burns from welding and cutting. Machine guarding is the recurring theme. Counts are federal-OSHA-reported only.

5,163Severe injuries

3,305Hospitalizations

2,493Amputations

3Eye losses

Employers with the most severe injuries in this sector

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS 20 2 BWAY CORPORATION 13 3 NCI Group, Inc. 13 4 CANAM STEEL CORPORATION 11 5 Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P. 11 6 Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC 11 7 METAL CONTAINER CORPORATION 10 8 Phifer, Incorporated 10 9 W&W/ AFCO Steel LLC 10 10 BALL CORPORATION 9

Sub-industries within Fabricated Metal Manufacturing

Drill into the more specific NAICS classifications beneath this sector, each with the employers on the federal OSHA record in it.

NAICS 3323 Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing 20,407 employers · 143,290 records NAICS 3329 Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 11,636 employers · 63,005 records NAICS 3327 Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing 12,848 employers · 48,590 records NAICS 3328 Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities 6,112 employers · 37,013 records NAICS 3324 Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing 3,232 employers · 33,475 records NAICS 3321 Forging and Stamping 4,103 employers · 31,430 records NAICS 3326 Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing 1,990 employers · 17,504 records NAICS 3322 Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing 969 employers · 5,034 records NAICS 3325 Hardware Manufacturing 770 employers · 4,853 records

Example incidents

DC Metal Construction CORSICANA, TEXAS · 2025-11-25 · Injured by object held or wielded by person
An employee was carrying heavy steel sheets measuring 2 feet by 4 feet. His middle finger got pinched between a metal sheet and a conveyor, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Alliance Steel Inc. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA · 2025-11-25 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was adjusting guides to feed the edge of a coil that was causing an alignment issue through the punch of a roll former machine. The employee grabbed the coil edge and pulled up to align it when the jog button on the control pendant was actuated. The coil edge moved forward, pinching the employee's right fingers against the body of the shear, resulting in amputations of the middle and index fingertips.
Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc. EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN · 2025-11-25 · Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
An employee was grinding bevels into a stiffener (flat steel bar that is installed perpendicular to an I-beam). He finished the bevel on one side and was pushing the stiffener away from himself to flip it over. His right middle finger became caught between the stiffener and the flange of the beam which weighed approximately 200 pounds. The employee sustained a partial amputation/avulsion of their fingertip.
Rise Manufacturing, LLC BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA · 2025-11-23 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was working to clear a clog in a sprayer line for a horizontal milling machine when the machine started to cycle. The chip conveyor started and the employee's right arm was pulled into the machine. He sustained fractures to the ulna and radius of his right arm, as well as loss of skin in that area.
Metform, LLC. SAVANNA, ILLINOIS · 2025-11-21 · Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
An employee was utilizing a sanding wheel to grind a piece of metal when his glove got pulled into the grinder, resulting in partial amputation of his left thumb.
Valmont Industries EL DORADO, KANSAS · 2025-11-21 · Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
An employee was positioning a suspended pole and guiding it into place when his left hand was caught between the pole and a machine s upright structure. His left little, ring, middle, and index fingers were crushed and amputated.

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Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports, federal jurisdiction, 2015-01-05 – 2025-11-25. State-plan states are not included.