Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-18	Oklahoma City	Ok	Clements Foods Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove some tape on a conveyor belt's pulley. The belt pulled the employee's right little finger under the guard, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
2021-11-17	Buda	Tx	CMC Rebar	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was holding rebar while a machine bent it. The employee's left glove was caught in a pin, causing the employee to suffer an amputation to the index finger.
2021-11-17	Bronx	Ny	RIVERDALE AUTO COLLISION, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was wiping down the inside of a car door. The door shut on the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.
2021-11-17	Bucyrus	Oh	GE Lighting Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On November 17, 2021, an employee was verifying the operation of a bulb crusher machine that had been restarted after a jam. The machine was jogged and pulled in the employee's right-hand glove. He suffered injuries resulting in the amputation of his right index and middle fingers.
2021-11-16	De Forest	Wi	ABS Global Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving livestock off a trailer. An animal was on a rope and pulled back, which pulled the employee's left hand into the side of the trailer. The employee suffered an injury to their middle finger that required amputation.
2021-11-16	Big Lake	Tx	Fleur de Lis Operating, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a pneumatic wrench to tighten a clamp when their thumb became pinched in the clamp, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
2021-11-16	Tallahassee	Fl	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On November 16, 2021, an employee was loading product onto a truck at the warehouse loading dock. While unjamming the dock plate, his right middle finger was caught between the dock plate and the trailer's threshold, resulting in amputation of his right middle finger at the nail.
2021-11-15	Miles	Tx	Lone Star Farmers Cooperative	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right arm contacted a cotton processing machine, resulting in amputation above the elbow.
2021-11-13	Johnstown	Oh	New Day Farms	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On November 13, 2021, at 1:15 PM, an employee was preparing to clean the inedible conveyance system and suffered the amputation of their left middle fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-11-13	Mount Vernon	Il	Continental Tire The Americas, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On November 13, 2021, at approximately 11:45 AM, an employee was clearing rubber that was jamming a machine when the mixer blade caused amputations to their fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-11	Milwaukee	Wi	Ritus Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press when their right hand was caught by a demolding tool, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.
2021-11-11	Mckinney	Tx	Encore Wire Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was changing a spool on a machine. While the employee was lining the adjustable drive rod up with the drive rod hole in the reel, and closing the pintles into the reel's arbor hole, the employee's right little finger was pinched between the collar of the pintle and the arbor hole. The employee suffered a partial amputation (without bone loss) to the finger.
2021-11-11	Bridgeport	Ct	ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a microtome to prepare slides for staining. The microtome blade lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in the amputation of part of the fingertip (without bone loss).
2021-11-10	Plant City	Fl	Commercial Concrete Products Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping to put rebar into a machine's form box. The employee's left hand contacted the form box and the feed drawer came over, resulting in a partial amputation of the employee's left ring fingertip.
2021-11-10	Little Rock	Ar	Kiewit Massman Constructors	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was assisting in re-positioning a 1-ton steel safety cage over a splice plate when the cage crushed the employee's gloved left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-10	Erie	Pa	JTM Foods, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning an auger blade on a conveyor when the auger pulled the employee's arm into the machine and caused a partial arm amputation. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-11-10	Holland	Oh	Stericycle, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 10, 2021, an employee was loading a box truck. As they used their right hand to raise the lift gate, their left index finger was pinched between the liftgate and the truck. The employee sustained an amputation to the end of the finger.
2021-11-09	Burlington	Nj	South Coast Paper North East	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was clearing paper from underneath a sheeting machine when their hand was caught by the machine's belt and pulled into the machine, resulting in amputation of the ring finger and a partial amputation of the middle finger.
2021-11-09	Wimauma	Fl	Surterra Florida, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a mint press machine. The rag the employee was using got tangled in the rotating tabletop and drew their finger into the press punch. The employee's right middle fingertip was struck by one of the mint press die punches, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-11-09	Deerfield	Oh	Founders Service & Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 9, 2021, an employee was reaching into a sand core machine when the press came down on his left ring and little fingers. He underwent partial medical amputations to both fingers.
2021-11-09	Tyrone	Pa	Steller Innovations LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was running a board through a joiner when a piece of wood got stuck. As the employee attempted to release it, the joiner knives caused amputations to three fingers.
2021-11-09	Addison	Il	Shape LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a table-top laminating machine for transformers. As the employee reached beneath the machine frame to adjust the position of a wire on the transformer coil, his finger was caught in the point of operation where the metal lamination plates are automatically inserted into the transformer coil, resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2021-11-08	Boaz	Al	Parallel33 Lumber Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove a jammed board. A running belt caught the employee's left middle finger against a plastic slide. The finger was lacerated, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-08	Dallas	Tx	Walmart 3015	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was bailing boxes when the cardboard bailer's index plate fell down and crushed their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-11-08	Tulsa	Ok	Shielding Resources Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a two-by-four using a table saw. The employee used his left hand to guide the two-by-four through the saw when a kickback occurred, drawing the employee's hand into the saw blade and resulting in partial amputations of the index and ring fingers.
2021-11-08	Poplar Bluff	Mo	MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a collator when the conveyor belt stopped. While he was checking the conveyor belt, the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of a finger.
2021-11-08	Hesston	Ks	AGCO CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was connecting a powered industrial truck (PIT) winch hook to steel plates. The winch engaged and the employee's left hand was caught between the hook and the steel plates resulting in amputation of their left middle fingertip.
2021-11-08	Hannibal	Mo	WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was being trained to operate a machine when their finger was caught on the machine, resulting an a partial amputation.
2021-11-08	Chicago	Il	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting a co-worker with separating plastic tote bins when the upper tote bin slipped and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a laceration and a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-08	Henderson	Co	Cummins North America Sales and Service Henderson Packaging Center	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting a thick metal sheet with a sheer when the metal lifted off the surface and came back down on his left right finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-08	Atlanta	Ga	Against The Grain Tops, Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a push stick to cut wood on a table saw when the push stick slipped and the saw blade contacted the employee's left thumb and index finger, resulting in amputations.
2021-11-07	Ponte Vedra Beach	Fl	Valley Smoke Restaurant, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 7, 2021, an employee was cutting peppers using a dicer machine. He changed the blade, turned on the machine, and put the peppers back into the machine when the blade contacted his right middle and index fingertips. The employee suffered an amputation without bone loss on his index fingertip and an amputation with bone loss on his middle fingertip.
2021-11-05	Chicago	Il	Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A driver was lowering a commercial dumpster after emptying it when their left thumb was crushed by the lid, resulting in an amputation.
2021-11-04	Montz	La	FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was rigging a pallet of four CRV linkages. A linkage slid off the pallet and pinched the employee's right middle and ring fingers, causing a partial amputation of one finger through the bone.
2021-11-04	Ashtabula	Oh	Grand River Rubber & Plastics Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating an auto separator pulled a broken piece of rubber out of the machine. When the employee freed up the piece of rubber, the machine's plucker activated and caught their finger, resulting in an amputation.
2021-11-04	Oberlin	Oh	Green Circle Growers, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2021-11-04	Wrightstown	Nj	Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was training another employee on aircraft loading when their right thumb was pinched between two loaders, resulting in amputation.
2021-11-04	Laurel	Ms	HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was setting up a coil-winding machine when one of the machine's mandrels fell and the employee's right index finger got caught between two mandrels, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-03	Elberta	Al	Woerner Turf Foley Farm	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting a drive shaft on a blower when the shaft tilted and pinched two fingers on his left hand, resulting in amputations.
2021-11-03	Blountsville	Al	TYSON FOODS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a piece of equipment with a vacuum hose when her index finger was caught between the vacuum hose and the piece of equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-03	Bedford Hills	Ny	SavATree LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee and co-workers were doing core aerations when one of the machines got stuck in a slightly sloped area of the property. The employee attempted to put a strap on his machine to pull the other machine out. As he searched for a place to hook the strap to, he put his hand under a plate on the machine when his middle and ring fingers contacted a pulley underneath, resulting in 1/8 inch fingertip amputations.
2021-11-03	Brownsville	Tx	SpaceX Launch Facility	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A crew was using a magnetic lift to lower a 500-pound section of square tubing into place. The injured employee had their hand partially inside one end of the tubing when the magnet failed and dropped the square tubing, injuring their left hand including crushed fingers and amputations to the ring finger and thumb.
2021-11-03	Harrisburg	Pa	Hershey Creamery Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a clog of cookie crumbs from a mixing machine when his glove caught onto the rotating paddles, resulting in amputation of his right middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-11-02	Waupaca	Wi	Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 1)	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was offloading casted parts from a grinding line. The employee went to flip one part over when the next part made contact with his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger.
2021-11-02	Green Bay	Wi	Alive & Kickin' Pizza Crust	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a divider that makes balls of dough from a larger batch in an elevated hopper. The employee was removing dough that was leaking from the elevated hopper, when their hand was caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb.
2021-11-02	Andalusia	Al	Shaw Industries Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee cleared a jam in the heat set on a machine. The employee removed the lock out device and energized the machine. The employee then removed the guard to adjust a belt. The belt started moving and when the employee reached for a tool his right hand was caught in the heat set roller, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
2021-11-02	Newark	Nj	Fabuwood Cabinetry Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was explaining issues with feeding plywood into a live edge bander machine to a co-worker when the machine turned on and pulled the employee's glove into the machine. Her fingers contacted the routing blades and the employee sustained amputation of a finger.
2021-11-02	Campbellsport	Wi	Tom's Quality Millwork & Hardwoods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was on his hands and knees to line up a jack plate and arbor plate and screw a bolt through the plates. The employee had his right thumb positioned on top of the jack plate when the arbor plate slipped down approximately 2 inches and pinched the tip of the employee's right thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-02	Parma	Oh	AMAC Enterprises Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an air chain hoist to remove the basket from a plating line dryer. The employee's left fourth finger got caught in the air chain hoist's chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.
2021-11-02	Windermere	Fl	Publix Super Markets Inc	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On November 2, 2021, an employee was opening a bag using a small knife when the knife contacted their left little finger, resulting in an amputation of the soft tissue of the fingertip.
2021-11-02	Akron	Oh	Grapevine Masonry Construction, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
The injured employee was assisting another employee who was using a hand-held hammer drill. The drill bit caught the injured employee's glove and twisted his index finger causing a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-02	Shelton	Ct	Lex Products, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an overmold machine. The machine's table moved while the employee's right index finger was in a hole for the mold, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint.
2021-11-01	Sulphur	La	Republic Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was attempting to unhook a cable on a roll-off truck when their right fingers became caught in the cable, resulting in amputations to the index and middle fingers.
2021-11-01	Dalton	Ga	Marketing Alliance Group, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was applying aluminum caps to the corners of cardboard material using a riveting machine. The employee went to grab a cap that had popped off a corner when the foot pedal was activated and the employee's left index finger was crushed by the riveting machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. A guard was in place at the time.
2021-10-30	Winesburg	Oh	Case Farms Processing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was walking through a door. The door closed on the employee's left index finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-10-30	Wheeling	Wv	The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing the belt and pulley system of a conveyor. His gloved right hand was caught in the belt and pulley when the machine started, resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb.
2021-10-30	Montgomeryville	Pa	Skyline Emissions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A machine operator was feeding wire into a plate bending machine when their right hand made contact with in-running rollers resulting in crushing injuries that led to surgical amputation of the second and third digit fingertips.
2021-10-29	Kohler	Wi	KOHLER CO.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was moving packed ware from the end of a conveyor to a pallet using a hoist. As the employee raised the hoist, her left index finger became pinched on the lifting device, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-29	Lockney	Tx	John Deere Des Moines Works	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to clear a plug of cotton from the saw cleaner system of a cotton stripper and sustained amputations to the left ring and little fingers.
2021-10-29	Lincoln	Ne	Hexagon Agility	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was facing a plastic cylinder when their right index finger touched the facer resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-28	Lewisberry	Pa	Flight Systems Automotive Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting a circuit board in a machine. The operating mechanism caught his right little finger, resulting in an amputation.
2021-10-28	Fort Worth	Tx	Fort Worth F&D Head Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were replacing a seal on a press machine. A maintenance employee was using a forklift to raise/lift the seal while the injured employee was standing on a ladder using a piece of angle iron as leverage to replace the seal. As the maintenance employee lifted the forks of the forklift to seat the seal in place, the injured employee's left middle finger was caught between the seal and the angle iron, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-27	Fort Smith	Ar	Davis Iron & Metals	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting copper tubing with an alligator shear. Oil from the copper tubing got onto the employee's gloves causing the employee's left hand to slip into the jaw of the shear. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.
2021-10-27	Winesburg	Oh	Robin Industries, Inc	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to remove a piece of material from an assembly machine. The machine partially cycled and the employee's right hand became caught in the RAM of the machine. When the employee tried to remove his hand, the machine cycled fully and his hand was caught between the material and the RAM, resulting in amputation at the wrist.
2021-10-27	Thorsby	Al	Faithway Alliance	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint.
2021-10-27	Armorel	Ar	Paco Steel of Arkansas	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a steel coil onto a semi-truck when the employee's left little finger was caught between the coil and the crane's C-hook, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-10-27	Gainesville	Fl	W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
On October 27, 2021, the injured employee was helping another employee to align two pieces of metal pipe 6 inches in diameter in order to prepare the metal for welding. The employee was using a hammer to hit the pipe to get it better aligned when the injured employee's right middle finger was hit by the hammer, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.
2021-10-27	Kent	Oh	ModWash LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to fix a jammed roller on a conveyor in the carwash when their right middle, ring, and little fingers were caught in a sprocket, resulting in amputation of the ring finger.
2021-10-26	Montgomery	Al	DAS North America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working in a test booth that tests the noise quality of automobile seats. The conveyor line stopped moving. The employee looked through the test booth doors, leaned over and placed their left hand on the chain and sprocket that drives the conveyor. The conveyor system began moving, resulting in amputations to the left index, middle and ring fingers.
2021-10-26	Hammond	La	Masterliner Inc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a nip roller machine when their right foot became caught in the machine, resulting an a toe amputation.
2021-10-26	Brookhaven	Ms	Walmart Distribution Center	Hand(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was working on a forklift and removing a pulley that holds a hydraulic line. The mast of the forklift came down on his right hand resulting in partial amputation of the hand.
2021-10-26	West Memphis	Ar	Cincinnati Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was replacing springs in a counter balance unit on a shear machine when something shifted in the machine and his left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip.
2021-10-26	Gwinner	Nd	Grotberg Electric, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was guiding a boring rod on a vibratory plow trencher to install a conduit when the employee's hooding got caught on the boring rod, resulting in an amputation of the right little finger and potential fractures of the right arm.
2021-10-25	Cape Canaveral	Fl	All Terrain Tractor Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
Employees were swapping out a fork attachment for a bucket attachment on a loader. The locking pin got stuck. An employee used a piece of rebar to remove debris from the pin receiver; the pin dislodged quickly and his left ring and little fingers were caught between the pin and the receiver. He suffered amputations to both fingers.
2021-10-25	Providence	Ri	Lorac Tool LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a 150-ton machine press with compressed air. The employee's right hand was inside the point of operation when the machine was activated and crushed his right hand. The employee suffered injuries to his right hand to include fractures, lacerations, and amputation of his index and middle fingers.
2021-10-25	Kansas City	Mo	U.S. Postal Service	Nonclassifiable	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was bitten by a dog while on a postal route resulting in an amputation.
2021-10-25	Scarborough	Me	NEPW Logistics - Portland	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was inspecting a paper roll on a paper rewinder machine when two of their right-hand fingers got caught in the roll, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertips.
2021-10-25	Norcross	Ga	SUZANNA'S KITCHEN, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee noticed about 20 paddles inside a breading machine that were not moving. The employee tried to get them moving when the chain that drives the paddles contacted his fingers, resulting in amputations of his middle and ring fingertips.
2021-10-25	Gansevoort	Ny	PENGATE HANDLING SYSTEMS OF NEW YORK, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was installing a drive wheel on an order picker. As he tried to align the drive wheel, it pinched his fingers, resulting in an amputation to his left middle finger.
2021-10-25	Atlanta	Ga	EL MILAGRO DE ATLANTA	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was pulling jammed paper from a wrapping machine when the paper slipped and his left little finger went under the cutting jaws, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-25	Scott City	Ks	Murfin Drilling Co. Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was helping to dig up a swivel. While they were getting ready to add the thread protector, the wire broke on the boom line and sliced the tip of the employee's right middle finger, pinching it against the bellhousing on the swivel and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-25	Vidalia	Ga	Giro Pack, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was loading wooden crates with supplies. The crate had a crack in one of its wooden planks. While the crate was moving on rollers, the employee's right index finger was lacerated by the cracked piece of wood, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-10-24	Woodville	Ms	Southern Packaging Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working on a wood edger at a sawmill. The employee suffered a finger amputation while trying to release a jam.
2021-10-24	Hershey	Pa	THE HERSHEY COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a wrapping machine. The machine crushed the employee's hands and caused a partial amputation of the left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2021-10-23	South Bay	Fl	Florida Crystals Food Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a piece of equipment when their right index finger contacted moving machinery, resulting in partial amputation.
2021-10-23	New Kensington	Pa	Helmerich & Payne Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was racking drill pipe on the rig floor. As a stand of drill pipe was being set down on the rig floor, the employee slipped and fell. The stand of pipe was set down on his left hand resulting in a partial amputation to the middle finger.
2021-10-23	West Point	Ms	Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On October 23, 2021, at 2:40 a.m., an employee's left index finger was caught between a dye holder and a bottom wedge, resulting in amputation at the first joint.
2021-10-22	Fond Du Lac	Wi	The Combination Door Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was operating a custom pneumatic press that presses an approximate 1-inch by 2-inch metal plate into the stile of a combination door. When the press was activated, their left middle finger was pinched in the press resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-22	Corpus Christi	Tx	Berry Contracting, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was dumping a self-dumping forklift hopper attached to a forklift. When the hopper rolled forward, it lifted the hopper skid off the forks and caused the skid to slide back, pinching the employee's left index fingertip between the skid and the fork of the lift. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-22	Pensacola	Fl	Bayside Structures Concrete Construction Specialties	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting with lowering a concrete machine onto a truck using a crane when their left index finger got caught between the concrete machine and the truck, resulting in an amputation just below the nail.
2021-10-22	Dayton	Oh	Wisco Products Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading parts into a mechanical power press when their right index finger contacted the die, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-10-22	Dayton	Oh	Trusscore USA Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was packing a skid and using a miter saw to cut down a piece of wood that was roughly 6 inches long when the wood pulled his left thumb into the saw, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-22	Social Circle	Ga	Inglett & Stubbs	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
At 11:50 a.m., an employee and a co-worker were removing a tripod off the bed of an ATV when the bottom tripod leg released downward and the employee's right thumb was caught in-between the bottom leg and it's final locking position. The employee suffered a pinch injury to the top digit of his thumb that resulted in an amputation.
2021-10-21	Muskogee	Ok	Paragon Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a crowbar to align steel on a machine when the crowbar slipped and smashed the employee's left index finger between the crowbar and the drum of the machine, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2021-10-21	Leominster	Ma	STI Precast	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working in a manufacturing area when loose pins fell out of a concrete bucket and the bucket fell onto the employee's right foot and crushed it, resulting in toe amputations.
2021-10-21	Londonderry	Nh	Felton Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was checking the tension on a drive chain when his thumb got caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-10-20	Aurora	Oh	Cantex Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to unjam a machine when the hold down clamp activated and crushed his right ring finger, resulting in amputation below the fingernail. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.
2021-10-20	Bucyrus	Oh	EAGLE CRUSHER CO INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On October 20, 2021, an employee was rigging a steel part to a chain hoist. The part fell, causing the chain to become taught and pinch the employee's finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
2021-10-20	Lubbock	Tx	O'Hair Shutters. Ltd.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was assisting in unjamming a tilt log moulder when her left glove got caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the left little fingertip.
2021-10-20	Buffalo	Ny	Quality Bindery Services Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was wiping off a paper cutter blade when they suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.