| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-29 | Salters | Sc | U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a grommet machine when it amputated the tip of his right thumb. | |||||
| 2020-02-07 | Salters | South Caroli | U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing a 4-inch by 8-inch piece of sheet metal in a punch press. When the press was activated, the metal shifted and pinched his glove and the tip of his right index finger against the fiberglass guard on the machine. He suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2018-06-12 | Salters | South Caroli | U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An inmate was slicing a turkey loaf in an electric meat slicer. When the turkey loaf was trimmed down to a small piece, the employee tried to reposition the meat in the running slicer and suffered the amputation of soft tissue and part of the nail on the end of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | Salters | South Caroli | U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to lift a dock plate when a truck backed into the dock plate gate, pinching his left ring finger in a gate hinge and amputating his fingertip. | |||||