| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-20 | Jackson Center | Pa | International Timber & Veneer, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was climbing off a saw from a height of 3 feet. He slipped on a cross-member and his hand contacted the belt that had just been installed on the saw. The weight forced the belt to move through the pulley, bringing his right hand with it. He suffered lacerations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers and an amputation to the index finger at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | Jackson Center | Pa | Penn Stainless Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was pulling a plate clamp out from under a 1,600-pound stainless steel plate above a plasma table. The plate slipped out and pinched his finger against one of the slats on the plasma table. His fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-09-14 | Jackson Center | Pennsylvania | International Timber & Veneer LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| A maintenance employee changed the knives on the hog barrel while the machine was locked out. After installing the new knives, the employee had to spin the barrel to ensure the knives did not hit the machine. As the barrel was spinning, his left hand was struck by a knife. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-06-25 | Jackson Center | Pennsylvania | International Timber & Veneer LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was adjusting the belt on a slicing machine. The employee went to step up onto the platform, missed the step, and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower leg. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | Jackson Center | Ohio | Airstream, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a chop saw. The piece caught on the blade and hit the employee's finger, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-16 | Jackson Center | Ohio | PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On May 16, 2018, an employee was using a stationary disc grinder to grind the edge on metal stock when his left thumb contacted the disc, amputating his thumb tip. | |||||
| 2018-04-04 | Jackson Center | Pennsylvania | International Timber & Veneer LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was conducting housekeeping operations around a wood chipper when the employee's hand potentially became caught in the wood chipper conveyor. The employee suffered amputations of the pinky finger and ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-26 | Jackson Center | Pennsylvania | International Timber & Veneer Lc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading veneers onto a table, which goes onto a rolling conveyor belt. As she was setting the table onto the conveyor belt, her left pinky finger was pinched between the table and the conveyor belt. Her finger broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-19 | Jackson Center | Pennsylvania | International Timber & Veneer Lc | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working between two walls of a machine, troubleshooting the vacuum system. One of the employee's ankles was pinned between moving parts when the machine started resulting in hospitalization for surgery on a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | Jackson Center | Ohio | Area Energy & Electric | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee on a 12-step ladder fell 10 feet to the concrete floor while running new electrical wire overhead. | |||||