| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-18 | Cordele | Ga | Griffin Lumber Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a trim saw when his right ring finger became caught in the trim block's drive belt and pulley. The employee's right ring and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 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 | Columbus | Oh | Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On November 17, 2021, an employee was attempting to clean glue off a laminating machine roller. The employee's hand became caught in the roller, resulting in burns and fractures to the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2021-11-16 | Palatka | Fl | Veritas Steel, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On November 16, 2021, an employee was working with a band saw. He was correcting a piece mark when the rag used to wipe it off became caught in the band saw and the employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | West Palm Beach | Fl | Academy Bus, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working in the engine compartment of a bus. The bus was turned on and the employee's hands were caught in a pulley. The employee's left hand was injured. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Atlanta | Ga | WestRock Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was loading material into a die cutter when her finger was caught in the gripper at a nip point, resulting in an amputated left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Independence | Mo | Olin Winchester LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing a fiber drum believed to be empty when the drum fell, causing the employee's right ring fingertip to be caught in a pinch point in the conveyor belt and amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-14 | Suwanee | Ga | ABM - Facility Services | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was blowing off debris and baking products from a conveyor belt using an air gun to prepare for the next production run. In the process of blowing off the conveyor belt, the air gun got caught in the belt, causing it to spin and strike the employee in the left arm. The employee suffered a fracture above their left wrist. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Montgomery | Al | Premier Tech | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a rotator shaft with sandpaper. The employee's gloves got caught in the rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the machine. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated, and two were reattached. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Carthage | Mo | FLEX-O-LATORS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was watching a maintenance employee work on an extruder. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the pulley and the conveyor belt, and the little fingertip was amputated. The extruder was running at the time. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Lebanon | Mo | MARINE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a terminator machine to add connectors to wire harnesses. The employee's finger got caught in the machine when a pedal was pushed, amputating their finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Demopolis | Al | Demopolis Hickory Mill, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a lathe when his shirt became caught in the machine. His right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in amputated ring and little 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 | China Grove | Tx | Lone Star Bakery | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's arm got caught in a conveyor, resulting in a broken arm. | |||||
| 2021-11-08 | Clearwater | Fl | ES Investments, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running parts through a stamping press. The employee attempted to clear something stuck in the press when their left hand became caught in the press, resulting in an injury. | |||||
| 2021-11-06 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | ARANDELL CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a belt on a conveyor. The employee's left index and middle fingers were caught in the conveyor's chain and sprocket, and both fingertips were amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-11-06 | Burlington | Wi | County Prestress, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was drilling holes into an angle iron using a drill press when a piece of their clothing got caught in the drill, resulting in injuries to their hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2021-11-05 | Boise | Id | BID Group Technologies US Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drill press when their glove caught in the drill bit, resulting in an injury to their finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-05 | Shirleysburg | Pa | Brumbaugh Lumber LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an edger at a lumber mill. His clothing was caught in the machine and he suffered severe facial and neck injuries, a crushed arm, a broken arm, and a back injury causing paralysis from the waist down. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | San Antonio | Tx | VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was aligning a brace on the landing gear of an airplane to bolt into place. The brace was moved and his right middle finger was caught in the bolt hole. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-03 | Saint Charles | Mo | TNT CRUST, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was separating dough on a retractable conveyor belt when his arm got caught in the belt. He sustained lacerated tendons in the arm that required surgery. | |||||
| 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 | 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. | |||||
| 2021-11-01 | 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 | Mansfield | Oh | Mansfield Engineered Components | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On November 1, 2021, an employee was attempting clear a jam in a riveter when his right middle finger became caught in the machine. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated and his right ring finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2021-10-31 | Ballston Spa | Ny | Specialty Silicone Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a 50-inch mill with a rag. The rag got caught in a pinch point, and the employee's fingers were pulled into the mill. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-10-29 | Harvey | La | BWC Terminals, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee lost his footing and sank into a puddle of water next to a steam condensate line. While he was trying to regain his balance, the end of the return steam condensate line got caught inside his knee-high boot. He suffered first- and second-degree steam burns from below the knee to the toes. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 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 | Lakeland | Fl | PEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was cleaning out the crumb tray of a dough divider machine when his finger became caught in a conveyor roller/belt. The employee sustained a broken finger and lacerations, which required stitches. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Odessa | Tx | Mighty Wash #8 | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee entered a mechanical room when the towel she was carrying got caught in equipment, resulting in a fractured left hand. | |||||
| 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 | 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 | 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. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Wellington | Ks | Scoular Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the interior portion of a grain bin when their foot was caught in an open sump pit where a drag was operating and their foot was fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Brooklyn | Ct | U.S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was delivering mail when their finger became caught in a steel mailbox door, resulting in a fracture and laceration that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 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 | Beaver Dam | Wi | Mittera Wisconsin, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a damper roller when his right hand was caught in a pinch point between rollers, resulting in a degloving that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-10-22 | College Park | Ga | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Upper and lower limb(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack got caught in a pallet on the floor and the employee was ejected from the pallet jack, resulting in fractures to the tibia and humerus. | |||||
| 2021-10-22 | Atlanta | Ga | Sunny Delight Beverages Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unjam a pallet from inside the palletizer machine on the large line. The employee was caught in the palletizer when the hoist engaged and pinned him, resulting in a laceration across the left pectoral muscle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Sturtevant | Wi | Badger Solutions LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was walking across a conveyor system. The employee's left foot was caught in a gap between two conveyors. The foot was broken and dislocated. | |||||
| 2021-10-19 | Elwood | Il | K-FIVE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a vertical board with a portable cut-off saw when something got caught in the saw and pulled the saw away from the employee. The blade struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration. | |||||
| 2021-10-18 | Washington | Ok | Harker Meats, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was fixing a break in a hoist chain. His left hand got caught in the chain, and he suffered partial amputations to three fingers: the index finger (at the first knuckle) and the little and ring fingers (at the second knuckles). | |||||
| 2021-10-17 | Mcpherson | Ks | Johns Manville | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a roller. As he tried to cut a paper inside it, his right arm was caught in the conveyor belt and broken. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Leicester | Ny | Seneca Foods Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's arm was caught in a conveyor roller and broken. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Ridgeland | Ms | Concentric, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was servicing a powered lift truck battery. The employee's left index finger was caught in racking and amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-10-14 | Shawano | Wi | Aarrowcast, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping repair a dump box when they moved a twisted latch into position. The employee's right index fingertip was caught in a pinch point created by the latch moving flush to the dump box, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip just below the nail. | |||||
| 2021-10-13 | Doraville | Ga | 365 Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee climbed onto a conveyor belt and walked toward the end of the belt when he slipped and put his hands out to brace himself. His glove got caught in a tail pulley, which crushed his ring finger and resulted in an avulsion on his finger pad. | |||||
| 2021-10-09 | Chicago | Il | Alpha Baking Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was putting a chain back onto a chain and sprocket mechanism when the glove on his right hand got caught in the mechanism, resulting in an amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Elk Grove Village | Il | Miracapo Pizza Company LLC dba LIttle Lady Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a pizza packaging line. The employee adjusted the side rail of the line and his ring finger got caught in the drive chain, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-07 | Santa Ana | Ca | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working with a forklift when their leg got caught in the forklift, causing the employee to fall and suffer a head injury. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Forest Park | Ga | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting in putting a chain back on the roller of a standup forklift. When the chain moved, the employee's gloved hand got caught in the chain, resulting in amputation of the right little finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Longview | Tx | RHE HATCO INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam a press machine when his left glove became caught in the machine. The employee used his right hand to pull his left hand out, and both of his arms were caught in the machine resulting in amputation of both hands. | |||||
| 2021-10-05 | Saint Charles | Il | Pactiv LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's hand became caught in a press machine resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-05 | Seminole | Tx | AJK Enterprises | Leg(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was servicing a chili machine when the air jack being used to lift the machine failed. The employee was caught in the jack and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-10-02 | Ardmore | Ok | Michelin North America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the tire building machine at the first stage of the cycle. The employee was holding a wire bead rope material utilized in the manufacturing process. The material became caught in the machine and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine while his foot was stuck in the operation pedal. The employee suffered amputation of the left middle finger at the middle knuckle and a left ankle dislocation with a fracture. | |||||
| 2021-10-01 | Miami | Fl | CPC LOGISTICS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unloading freight when his right thumb was caught in a trailer's lift gate. The thumb was broken. | |||||
| 2021-09-29 | Waukegan | Il | Bolke-Miller, Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was lubricating the conveyor chain when the conveyor turned on and his left index finger got caught in the chain, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-29 | Fort Worth | Tx | Equipment Depot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was assisting a co-worker in flipping over a pallet jack when his left little finger was caught in the wheel of the pallet jack, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation , as well as a laceration on his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Conway | Ar | DBG Arkansas, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| As an employee was operating a brake press, their hand became caught in a pinch point, making contact with the material being bent and the upper die ram. Two of the employee's right-hand fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmer's Pride | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was bending over to pick up chicken parts from the floor in a leg deboning department. When he reached up and under the machine to get a chicken part, his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Chester | Ok | North Star Well Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was attempting to loosen a horsehead that was being removed via rigging from a pump. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputations of the third and fourth fingers and a nailbed laceration on the second finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Dundee | Oh | Walnut Creek Lumber Company, Ltd. | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| At about 10:30 a.m. on September 27, 2021, an employee was descending from the top of a green chain/transfer deck when he slipped and his leg got caught in the transfer deck's chain and sprocket. His leg was broken. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Bearden | Ar | Anthony Timberlands, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to remove a board from a landing table when his foot became caught in the drive chain. The employee's toe was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | LEGOLAND | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to close a stainless steel garbage can door, which was stuck on a no-slip mat in front of it. The employee's right index finger was caught in the door, and her fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | China Grove | Tx | Lone Star Bakery | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unclogging a dough depositor and funnel device on a production line when their middle finger got caught in the device, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Springfield | Il | SOLOMON COLORS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On September 24, 2021, an employee was trying to unjam a machine. His left hand was caught in a rotary airlock valve (accessed through an inspection port), which pinched his middle finger. The finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2021-09-23 | Columbus | Oh | Solstice Sleep Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On September 23, 2021, an employee was assisting the operation of the horizontal band saw with the carousel bun loader. The employee was manually pushing the carousel wheel that was stuck and not engaged on the drive wheel when their right little finger became caught in between the bottom of the carousel frame and the guide wheel pinch point resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Waverly | Oh | Speyside Bourbon Stave Mill in Ohio at Waverly, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam on a scrap conveyor line. The employee's left middle finger was caught in the chain and sprocket and partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Beachwood | Oh | Lakeshore Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was adjusting paper on a door. Her finger was caught in the door's hydraulic closer, which amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Madison | Wi | UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was assisting a patient get up from the CT table and move across the room. The employee's right foot got caught in the CT table straps; the employee fell forward into the wall and then down to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a right patellar fracture and a fractured left radius. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Springfield | Mo | French's Mustard Plant | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on an onion line when a screw driver they were holding got caught in the diverter, resulting in an injury and subsequent amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Pryor | Ok | Cabot-Norit Americas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was investigating a noise from the belt area of a mill. The employee's finger touched the top of the drive belt and his right hand was pulled into the pulley. His middle finger was caught in the drive mill assembly and partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Meridian | Id | YMC, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a bead roller machine to make a bead in a round piece of metal duct when their left middle and ring fingers got caught in a pinch point on the rollers resulting in the loss of soft tissue and a fragment of bone. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Moore | Ok | Del Real LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing a connector hose to a transfer pump. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the feed opening of the pump by the lobe transfer pump shaft. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Duncanville | Tx | Life Storage 265 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee went to get merchandise out of a unit when her foot was caught in a door rope and she tripped and fell hitting her right knee and left shoulder. The employee sustained a broken kneecap and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Greenville | Pa | Ilsco Extrusions, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At 5:30 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee was operating a gang saw when a metal part became caught in the saw at an uneven angle. The employee went to the back of the saw and pulled the metal out. The gauge then cycled and caught the employee's right forearm against the advancing part to be cut. The employee's right forearm was broken and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Ozark | Ar | TOKAI CARBON | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| On September 15, 2021, an employee was trying to collect machined dust from the auger area of a machine. While in the small trench containing the auger, the employee slipped. His right hand was caught in the auger and severely injured. All five fingers were medically amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | San Antonio | Tx | Improved Piping Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was moving a hydraulic clamp. His right hand was caught in a pinch point created by the piston, and the ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Buffalo Grove | Il | Vapor Bus International | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right thumb got caught in the moving chain and sprocket of a lathe resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. The drive chain assembly was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | South Bay | Fl | Florida Energy Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was performing a drilling operation when their thumb was caught in the drill and fractured. | |||||
| 2021-09-14 | Dalton | Ga | Greif Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was trying to remove a tool from a machine when his right thumb was caught in the sprocket of the shaft of the machine resulting in an amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Guntersville | Al | Specialty Matboard Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was standing in front of a machine when his hand got caught in the machine's rollers. The employee sustained broken bones and nerve damage. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Piedmont | Ok | Producers Service Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing the valve on a frac pump. Fingers on his left hand were caught in the pump's moving pistons and injured; the middle finger required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Springfield | Oh | Intertape Polymer Group | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with a 12-foot coater machine. While changing a roll, the employee was caught in the material on the roll and pulled into the coater. The employee suffered a laceration to the head/face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Frisco | Tx | Caliber Holdings Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's thumb was caught in a radiator fan and lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Mansfield | Mo | CarbonCycle LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was watching an oven roller as part of the manufacturing process when their right index finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Bryan | Tx | Sanderson Farms. Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a spray hose to clean conveyors when her forearm became caught in a conveyor belt. Skin was removed from the forearm. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Caledonia | Oh | Morral Companies, LLC | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing springs on a pallet labeler when his foot got caught in the pallet rollers on the line. The employee sustained fractures to his foot and toes. | |||||
| 2021-09-06 | Columbus | Oh | Mother Angeline McCrory Manor | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee opened a dryer to take clothes out and her finger got caught in the machine, likely the dryer's door. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-06 | Endicott | Ny | National Pipe and Plastics Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was at the extruder pushing pipe down the line. As the employee was manually positioning a piece of pipe that was being heated, his finger was caught in an unguarded rotator chain resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-04 | Augusta | Me | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was scanning a patient's wrist band when her foot was caught in the loop of a bed lift. She tripped and fell to the floor, shattering her elbow and hitting her head. | |||||
| 2021-09-04 | Upper Sandusky | Oh | Kalmbach Trucking | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unloading animal feed from a trailer through an auger. The feed got plugged, and the employee was clearing the auger when his left hand was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-01 | Goldsmith | Tx | Aggietech Energy Services LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a pumping unit. The employee's left middle and ring fingers got caught in the sheave and belt on the pulley system of the pumping unit resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | West Chicago | Il | Alpha Coating Technologies, LLC- PPG West Chicago | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 31, 2021, an employee was running an extruder. As the employee used a metal spatula to scrape built-up extrudate from the chill knife, he lost his balance and his little finger was caught in the rollers. The fingertip was degloved. | |||||
| 2021-08-30 | Valley | Ne | Midwest Manufacturing Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employees had been replacing a conveyor roller. When the conveyor was restarted, an employee's gloves were caught in the chain resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||