Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-20	Sidney	Oh	Cornerstone Building Brands	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The employee's left foot was caught between the lift and a piece of angle iron on the floor. The little toe was amputated.
2021-02-15	Sidney	Oh	Auria Solutions	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee tripped and fell over a pothole in the parking lot, resulting in a ruptured spine and a fractured right arm.
2021-02-03	Sidney	Oh	Playtex Manufacturing, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving skids using a pallet jack. The employee tripped over the pallet jack and fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to his left leg.
2021-01-27	Sidney	Mt	Sidney Sugars, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was removing lag bolts from a man cover, waiting for the slurry tank to drain. When all but two bolts were removed, the access door opened up spilling liquid lime onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to both feet.
2021-01-15	Sidney	Oh	Ivex Protective Packaging Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 15, 2021, an employee pulled a machine's exit conveyor away from the machine while attempting to unjam plastic from behind the blade of the machine. The blade amputated the employee's left index finger to the second knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2020-10-06	Sidney	Oh	Ivex Protective Packaging Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 6, 2020, an employee was operating a bagger machine. As the employee was getting a bag, the moving cutter knife amputated the tuft of the employee's right index finger.
2020-09-20	Sidney	Mt	SIDNEY SUGARS, INC	Elbow(s)	Bites and stings
An employee was cleaning the boiler house when he noticed a spider bite on his left elbow.
2020-08-05	Sidney	Oh	Schwans MaMa Rosa's LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
On August 5, 2020, an employee slipped and fell while walking down a spiral staircase, suffering a ruptured right patella tendon. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-07	Sidney	Montana	Corcoran Oilfield Services, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was doing maintenance work on a commercial trailer's airbag system. An airbag exploded and sent metal fragments into the employee's abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-27	Sidney	Ohio	Area Energy & Electric, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
On June 27, 2020, an employee was tying a new breaker into a busway. As he was about to hook up the ground wires, the ground wire touched one of the energized bus bars; an arc flash caused second-degree burns to the employee's neck, face, right hand, and arm.
2020-05-29	Sidney	Ohio	Usac Ross LLC	Brain	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was moving aluminum castings to be grinded when the end of a compressor tank blew off. Shrapnel from the explosion struck the employee, who was hospitalized with a head laceration and brain bleed.
2020-05-11	Sidney	Montana	American Crystal Sugar Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was doing a pre-check of the warehouse when he heard something metal coming down the screen. He opened the airlock and was investigating with his hand when the airlock fan blade amputated three of his fingers.
2020-04-05	Sidney	Nebraska	Walmart Supercenter	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
The injured employee was in the back room with a cart and was speaking with another associate. The injured employee then stepped backwards out the back door and fell from the dock to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a broken femur.
2020-04-01	Sidney	Ohio	Riverside manufacturing LLc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On April 1, 2020, an employee was operating a 35-ton punch press when it came down on the employee's right hand, amputating the index fingertip.
2020-03-12	Sidney	Montana	American Crystal Sugar Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee had been tearing down 2000-pound corrugated blocks of sugar. A chunk of sugar sloughed off the block and struck the employee in the back of the left leg. The employee sustained a fractured left tibia and fibula.
2020-01-10	Sidney	Nebraska	Progress Rail Services	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was attempting to break loose rail wheels from icy conditions so they could be unloaded. When the rail wheel broke free, it rolled forward and crushed the employee's right leg against a piece of machinery, causing bruising.
2019-08-02	Sidney	Ohio	MaMa Rosa's LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a pep machine when a moving chain amputated one of his fingers.
2019-07-16	Sidney	Ohio	SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
On July 16, 2019, employee 1 was spraying down an area with hot water. Another employee lost their balance, causing them to spray employee 1 with hot water. Employee 1 was hospitalized with burns to the right leg and foot.
2019-05-13	Sidney	Ohio	ROSS ALUMINUM CASTINGS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a saw to cut a raw aluminum ingot. The employee's finger was smashed between the ingot and the saw table resulting in amputation of the left middle finger from the tip to the top knuckle.
2018-09-11	Sidney	Montana	Key Energy Services- Rocky Mountain Division	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was servicing an oil well. The employee's left hand was caught between a rod rotator and a bridle, and the little finger was amputated.
2018-08-19	Sidney	Montana	Continental Resources	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was standing on ladder reaching up to grab rods under the clamps. The rods lowered and pinched his thumb between the rod clamp and the rod rotator. The thumb was amputated below the second joint.
2018-08-15	Sidney	Ohio	Polyfill, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On August 15, 2018, an employee's hand was stuck in a moving roll of product. The employee suffered lacerations and swelling.
2018-04-27	Sidney	New York	AMPHENOL AEROSPACE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was de-burring a part on a rotating machine while wearing cotton gloves when her glove was caught in the machine. Her right index finger was then amputated at the first knuckle.
2018-02-07	Sidney	Nebraska	Progress Rail Services	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice on the trailer floor and fell sustaining a head injury.
2017-09-29	Sidney	Montana	Continental Resources, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
The employee added a liquid drain cleaner to the casing check valve to remove scale build up. The employee opened the system and hit the hammer union between two ball valves to relieve pressure that caused residual chemical in the line to splash back onto the employee's face and body. The employee suffered chemical burns to the face and body.
2017-09-25	Sidney	Ohio	LaserFab Technologies, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the laser cutting machine and amputated the right pinky finger.
2017-05-01	Sidney	Nebraska	CABELA'S INC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking with a scanner, felt lightheaded and fell to the ground breaking his right hip.
2017-04-03	Sidney	Montana	Sidney Sugars, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting a 45 degree elbow on a 10 inch pipe with an oxyacetylene torch while working on an elevated platform about four feet above the ground. A hot metal flash back occurred and the employee received second degree burns from his chest to the waist and third degree burns on the lower left side of his abdomen. The employee was wearing a harness and PPE at the time of the incident.
2017-02-17	Sidney	Ohio	American Trim	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On February 17, 2017, at approximately 7:45 AM, an employee was uncoupling a 2-inch airline from an air compressor when the pressurized line became unhooked and whipped around, striking the employee in the lower right leg. The employee suffered right tibia/fibula fractures.
2016-09-11	Sidney	Ohio	Reliable Castings Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about September 11, 2016, an employee was helping to replace a hydraulic cylinder when the employee's finger was caught between the end of the cylinder and the mounting collar, amputating the left index fingertip.
2016-08-30	Sidney	Ohio	FRESH UNLIMITED, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a hoist and while trying to unhook the basket the employee's right middle finger was caught by the hook and the fingertip was amputated.
2016-07-28	Sidney	Nebraska	CABELA'S INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while climbing up into a boat to service it, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2016-07-26	Sidney	Nebraska	JALISCO INTERNATIONAL	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting loose a temporary support with an angle grinder, equipped with a 4-inch cutting blade to cut a tack weld. The grinder grabbed and jumped towards his left forearm, severely lacerating it.
2016-06-21	Sidney	Ohio	Mastic Home Exteriors	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 21, 2016, an employee was attempting to get metal back on track in a roll forming machine when the roll former amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
2016-06-16	Sidney	Ohio	Continental Express Driver Leasing Ltd.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On June 16, 2016, an employee was attempting to enter a tractor-trailer rig when he fell backwards to the ground, fracturing ribs and vertebrae. He was hospitalized.
2016-06-06	Sidney	New York	AMPHENOL INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was repairing a die when the die slipped and amputated his left index finger.
2016-03-15	Sidney	Ohio	Bulk Transit Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On or about March 15, 2016, an employee was climbing a ladder attached to a trailer to disconnect a hose when he fell to the ground, suffering cuts, bruises, and injuries to his head, as well as a concussion. He was hospitalized.
2016-02-29	Sidney	Ohio	Ross Aluminum Castings, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On or about February 29, 2016, an employee's arm was crushed between the mold and plate while attempting to move the mold off the rollers.
2016-02-17	Sidney	New York	Amphenol Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting plastic tubing using an arbor press and suffered a fingertip amputation.
2016-02-16	Sidney	New York	Amphenol Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee suffered the amputation of the right middle fingertip when it was caught in the door as two employees attempted to close misaligned flammable locker doors.
2016-02-11	Sidney	Nebraska	CABELA'S	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while walking from a vehicle in the parking lot to the building entrance. The employee tore ligaments in the left knee and sprained both ankles.
2015-12-18	Sidney	Ohio	ROSS ALUMINUM CASTINGS, LLC	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was opening the garage door to the warehouse to pick up materials. The employee tripped over the rope to the garage door and fell. He was hospitalized with a concussion.
2015-09-17	Sidney	Ohio	International Automotive Components	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee working in the maintenance shop dressing a 6-8 foot roller at ~ 64 RPMs. He was injured after being pulled into the roll resulting in the avulsion of the underarm of the right forearm.
2015-07-20	Sidney	Ohio	Playtex Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On or about July 21, 2015, an employee suffered a left thumb amputation when her hand was pulled into a rotating part while unjamming an Elsner machine.
2015-07-01	Sidney	Nebraska	Jalisco International Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger while moving a concrete form.
2015-05-18	Sidney	Ohio	Mama Rosa's, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell approximately 3 feet from a step-ladder and fractured a rib.
2015-03-28	Sidney	Ohio	NK Parts Industries, Inc..	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On March 28, 2015, at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was stepping over the tongue on a cart and fell. The employee sustained injuries to the right arm and head, resulting in hospitalization.
2015-03-24	Sidney	Montana	Key Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee sustained injuries to his left index finger while rigging down.
2015-03-02	Sidney	Ohio	Aunt Millie's Bakeries	Multiple arm locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On or about March 02, 2015, an employee suffered multiple fractures to her right arm requiring hospitalization after being caught in a rolling conveyor.
2015-02-11	Sidney	Ohio	CARGILL INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice after washing off oil and grease from a pump the employee had recently pulled out of a process pit. The employee sustained a fractured ankle that required surgery.