| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-22 | North Bend | Oh | Baleco International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was breaking down a malformed bottle with a box cutter. The box cutter slipped and amputated the side of the employee's left thumb. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | Target Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting the top of a clothes hanger with a box cutter and cut their finger. The employee was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
| 2021-03-29 | Stratford | Wi | Growmark, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a box cutter to strip wire. The box cutter slipped and lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in an infection. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | El Dorado | Ar | MJB Precision Wood Arkansas, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting boxes open with a box cutter. The box cutter sliced off the tip of one of the employee's fingers. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Blue Island | Illinois | LKQ Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was dismantling a car. While the employee was cutting out a seat belt with a box cutter, the cutter severely lacerated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Cambridge | Massachusett | MIT | Nonclassifiable | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cut while using a box cutter and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-16 | Conyers | Georgia | LeSaint Logisitics | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| A driver for LeSaint was on a dock. He and another employee fought and the other employee cut his abdomen with a box cutter, causing a laceration and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-05-11 | Papillion | Nebraska | Omaha Door & Window Co | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Two employees were arguing over a method to fix an overhead garage door. Employee 1 lunged at Employee 2 with a box cutter. Employee 2 struck Employee 1 on the head with a cordless impact wrench. Employee 2 was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | New Caney | Texas | Food Town, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| An employee was monitoring a 4-inch pump line being used to pump flood water away from a retention pond next to the facility. Two men drove up to the employee and robbed and stabbed him with a box cutter. He was hospitalized for bowel injuries. | |||||
| 2019-04-02 | Round Mountain | Texas | Bigs #108 | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a box cutter to remove a zip-tie on a tote when it slipped and cut his left arm, severing an artery. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-01-17 | Lawrenceville | Georgia | Valentine Enterprise, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading bags of powdered mixture into a sifter. While he was trying to retrieve a fallen box cutter from the hopper, the rotating blade in the hopper severely cut fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2018-07-24 | Richland | Mississippi | Paragon Technical Services | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting felt paper for a mold using a box cutter and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-07-21 | Lake Buena Vista | Florida | Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a piece of dealt paper with a box cutter when the blade cut through the paper and lacerated his knee. | |||||
| 2018-05-23 | Oak Creek | Wisconsin | Zenar Corporation | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a box cutter to open a box. The cutter slipped, cutting the employee's wrist. | |||||
| 2018-03-13 | Largo | Florida | Southeastern Surveying and Mapping Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was taping a box cutter to lathes to test the thickness of force mains when the box cutter cut off his thumb tip. | |||||
| 2018-02-15 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Poly Films, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was cutting open cardboard boxes with a box cutter and cut his lower left arm. The employee was admitted to the hospital due to a deep laceration to the venous artery. | |||||
| 2017-10-12 | Montgomery | Alabama | Rheem Water Heaters | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a box cutter to open a box when the cutter slipped and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude Holdings | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a safety knife or a box cutter to cut rolls of film that were coming out of a machine when the blade amputated his left middle fingertip (skin only). | |||||
| 2017-02-22 | Grove City | Ohio | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting straps off of outbound packages with a box cutter when he lacerated his right forearm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-10 | Grovetown | Georgia | SERTA MATTRESS INC. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was baling material and using a retractable box cutter to cut a box down to bale it when the blade went through the cardboard and lacerated his left wrist requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-24 | Pompano Beach | Florida | Land N Sea | Nonclassifiable | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On or about 10/24/16, at 4:00 p.m., an employee was cutting a tie on a group of wires with a box cutter knife when he suffered a laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-08-31 | Hotchkiss | Colorado | Empowered Energy Systems LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was opening boxes with a box cutter and lacerated their left thumb. | |||||
| 2016-07-25 | Sylvania | Ohio | Kellogg's Company | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stocking shelves and opening a box with a box cutter. He leaned down on top of the box cutter, puncturing a vein in his elbow that required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-07-22 | Elk Grove Village | Illinois | Arrow Home Products Company | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was opening a box with a box cutter when she poked her eye with the cutter, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-03-07 | Dallas | Texas | XPO Logistics | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was making an inside delivery and was cutting a strap with a box cutter. The strap was resistant to the box cutter, so he pulled with more force. The blade came past the box and cut his inside wrist and forearm area, severing a blood vessel. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-04 | San Diego | California | NAVAL COATING INC. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| While cutting a sandblast hose, an employee cut his left forearm with a box cutter. | |||||
| 2015-04-29 | Athens | Alabama | Publix | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working in the bakery department freezer and cut the palm of the hand and wrist with a box cutter while opening boxes. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Mentor | Ohio | Half Priced Books, Records, Magazines, Inc. | Multiple leg locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a retractable-type box cutter to cut plastic wrap material for a display case/stand. While cutting the plastic wrap, the employee lacerated his left leg and thigh with the box cutter. He was hospitalized. | |||||