Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-18	Hazleton	Pa	International Paper Company	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was helping to restring a liner in a splicer on a corrugator machine. The operator manually ran the head into the machine, breaking the employee's arm. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2021-11-18	Ball Ground	Ga	Awnex, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was welding aluminum brackets. The wires on the welding machine melted and a wire struck the employee's hand, shocking her.
2021-11-17	Manteno	Il	Rise Baking Company Manteno IL	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
At 1:15 p.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was testing a three-way air actuating valve. The valve closed, catching the employee's left index finger in one of its three ports. The finger was broken and the fingertip was 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.
2021-11-17	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.
2021-11-17	Grand Prairie	Tx	Ole Mexican Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove left-over dough from a machine and amputated his right ring fingertip.
2021-11-16	Sikeston	Mo	KELPRO INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a metal tube using a machine when their little finger was crushed between the tube and the machine and was later amputated.
2021-11-15	Oviedo	Fl	BAS Walls & Ceilings	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending a ladder after patching drywall holes when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left wrist.
2021-11-15	Tuscaloosa	Al	Alabama Power Company	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was standing behind a material handling truck watching another employee bring the boom into the cradle position. A vehicle struck the employee (as well as the rear of the truck), breaking the employee's left femur.
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.
2021-11-15	Alma	Ga	Beach Timber Co., Inc.	Forearm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was straightening boards being fed into an edger. He reached to straighten a board and tripped the electric eye, which shut the machine down. The roller came down and pinned the employee's right arm causing damage to the soft tissue on the forearm.
2021-11-15	Rockledge	Fl	Spartan Composites, LLC	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing an airbag for a plastic press. As he climbed out from underneath it, the machine activated and amputated his left foot.
2021-11-15	Sinton	Tx	Adelphi Construction LC	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was inside an aerial lift basket approximately 140 feet above ground level prepping for installation of an intake hood. The employee was connecting a welding lead to the welding machine. An overhead bridge crane struck the aerial lift. The boom of the aerial lift collapsed and the employee was catapulted out of the basket falling 34 feet onto the top section of the crane. The employee remained attached to the basket with the lanyard he utilized. The aerial lift basket then landed on
2021-11-15	Carol Stream	Il	Pregis	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to unjam paper in a machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a roller and injured.
2021-11-15	Pen Argyl	Pa	Techo-Bloc Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a block making machine. The machine cycled and amputated their right thumb. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2021-11-14	Houston	Tx	Shoe Palace Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder while reaching for a shoe. She landed on her back and head and was hospitalized, suffering from a headache and dizziness.
2021-11-13	Orlando	Fl	Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working from a scaffold platform when an I-beam fell and struck their finger, pinching it between the I-beam and the scaffolding frame. The employee's finger was amputated.
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.
2021-11-12	Decatur	Al	Wolverine Tube, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was applying lubricant to a machine in "auto-mode." The employee climbed over the slide and entered the area where the machine moved the slide traveler, which impacted his right leg and pushed him against the machine. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.
2021-11-12	Fort Morgan	Co	Cargill Meat Solutions	Jaw, chin	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was attempting to pick up a hide from the ground while holding a skinning knife in one hand and lacerated his chin.
2021-11-11	Menasha	Wi	Sonoco (SPG) Incorporated	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was inspecting paper for defects while standing on the end of a roll of paper in a machine. The machine was jogged and pulled the paper out from under the employee's feet. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a possible hip fracture.
2021-11-11	Idabel	Ok	Red River Mixing, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working near a machine mixer housing and charge belt. The machine activated and the employee was trapped between the housing and the belt, suffering broken ribs and contusions.
2021-11-11	Bay Shore	Ny	Water Lilies Food, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to fix the drive chain of a machine that made pot stickers. While the employee was working on the back end of the machine, it was cycled. The employee's left index fingertip was caught on the chain and sprocket and partially amputated (without bone loss).
2021-11-11	South Beloit	Il	TPG Pressure, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was welding a metal strap on both sides of a 20-foot long pipe. There was a welding machine on each side of the pipe. The pipes were placed on a conveyor which moved the pipes toward the pre-stress wiring machine. While the employee was walking between the pipes, a pipe rolled backward off the conveyor and caught the employee between the pipes. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2021-11-11	South Euclid	Oh	Aero Controlex Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On November 11, 2021, an employee was performing die setup on a hydraulic press. The employee loaded dies into the press and actuated it to verify proper die alignment. The upper and lower dies made contact resulting in die failure. Fragments of the die struck the employee's hand causing a severe laceration and fracture to their index finger. In addition, fragments of metal were embedded into both hands of the employee's hands. There was no machine guarding in place and energy control was not pe
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.
2021-11-10	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	Quincy	Il	Michelmann Steel Construction Company	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On November 10, 2021, an employee was moving a 15-foot steel beam with an overhead crane. The beam begun to swing, fell, and struck the employee. The employee suffered chin and shoulder lacerations and a broken collarbone and was hospitalized.
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	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	Estero	Fl	Koh Knox Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
On November 10, 2021, an employee was approaching a ladder to climb down from a two-story roof. The employee fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken femur and cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
2021-11-10	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	West Mifflin	Pa	Eby-Brown	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift trainer was teaching another employee how to use a stand-on powered pallet jack. The trainee backed up the powered pallet jack, then moved it forward. It pinned the trainer's leg against a guardrail, causing a compound fracture.
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	Leominster	Ma	New England Wire Products, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee's finger was caught and amputated in a CNC machine while in setup mode.
2021-11-09	Denver	Co	PROTECTO WRAP	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to adjust the position of cardboard cores on a wrapping machine when their right arm was pulled into the machine and their forearm was crushed between the rollers.
2021-11-09	Springfield	Il	Prairie Smokehouse Partners LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On November 9, 2021, an employee was getting a machine ready to run when his left middle finger contacted a serrated blade and was partially amputated.
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.
2021-11-09	Philadelphia	Pa	Caliber Collision	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping down from a framing machine when they fell from a step stool to the ground, resulting in a lower leg fracture.
2021-11-08	Wausau	Wi	Apogee Wausau Group, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on a step ladder at the open back of a CNC machine, watching the oiler system run. The employee slipped and fell toward the opening in the machine. His right arm was caught and broken between the moving CNC head and the back guarding area as he tried to stop his fall.
2021-11-08	Anniston	Al	Food Ingredients Technology Company, L.L.C.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was connecting a pipe on a machine. The product line was not capped before being switched and hot water (200 degrees F) sprayed onto the employee, resulting in second degree burns to their arms and legs that required hospitalization.
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.
2021-11-07	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	Clearwater	Fl	Baycare Health System	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was circulating during a surgical case. The employee was using a wand machine and got their right foot tangled in a wire, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee sustained right hip and right foot fractures.
2021-11-05	Oakland	Ms	Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing sanitation tasks on a conveyor. Moving parts in the machine caught his arm, breaking it. He was hospitalized.
2021-11-05	Gardendale	Al	Republic Services	Multiple body parts	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was using a hydroseeding machine, attached to a bulldozer, to plant grass on a slope at a landfill. The hitch connecting the hydroseeding machine to the bulldozer broke, and the hydroseeding machine rolled down the slope with the employee on it. The employee suffered broken and bruised ribs, a broken shoulder, and a cut on the ear.
2021-11-05	Lancaster	Pa	Arconic Lancaster Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding interleave paper into the start of a coil on a slitter machine when their hand was pinched between the hold down and arbors. The employee's right hand was drawn into the in-running nip point, resulting in avulsions to their right thumb and index finger, for which the employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-05	Clifton	Tx	CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.	Multiple trunk locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was shoveling dust at a mill house. His clothing caught on the rotating shaft of a hammer mill, and he was pulled toward the machine and thrown to the ground. He suffered four fractured ribs, a fractured iliac crest, a lacerated kidney, and contusions to his elbow and leg, all on the right side of his body. He was hospitalized.
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	Beeville	Tx	Lippert Components Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading a tube into a bending machine. The machine activated and crushed his left index finger.
2021-11-04	Sharpsville	Pa	Dean Dairy Fluid, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was operating a blow mold machine. He was removing excess plastic that was stuck on the molds under the machine when the molds closed and crushed his right index and middle fingers. The middle finger was amputated and the index finger was partially amputated.
2021-11-04	Bloomsburg	Pa	Mailing Services of Pittsburgh, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was helping a maintenance mechanic adjust the drive clutch and belt on an envelope inserter machine. The side guard panel of the machine had been removed and the machine was powered. The machine was started, and the employee's right arm and hand were pulled into the power transmission belt. Two fingers on the hand were amputated.
2021-11-04	Auburn	Me	RJF-Morin Brick, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was checking the airflow of a machine. His finger contacted a spinning fan blade, which amputated the fingertip.
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	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	Colorado Springs	Co	GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hitching a trailer to a generator. As the generator hitch was set on the edge of the truck hitch, it slipped and caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip and fingernail were amputated (without bone loss).
2021-11-03	Milton	Wv	Asplundh Tree Expert	Nonclassifiable	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
The boom on a lift truck contacted an overhead power line. An employee was next to the truck, touching it, and was shocked and burned. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-03	Corry	Pa	Tonnard Manufacturing Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was standing near a sander, de-burring metal parts and placing them on a storage rack. A metal part was ejected from the sander and struck the employee's left hand, causing a fracture and laceration to their little finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.
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	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.
2021-11-03	Marietta	Oh	Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a machine that dumps bales of plastic into a shredder. The platform was in the dump position when the employee noticed there was plastic about to discharge and was concerned it wouldn't enter into the shredder. He climbed up the side of the bale dumper to manually push the plastic towards the hopper and placed his left hand on the upright box tubing frame, which houses the guide wheels. There are two access holes approximately two inches in diameter, which maintenance u
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	Cocoa	Fl	Diamondback Towers dba Diamondback Marine	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding pipe into a bending machine when his right hand was pulled into the machine. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed and amputated.
2021-11-02	Pueblo	Co	Hartung Glass Industries, Inc.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on a glass manufacturing machine. A sensor broke off the machine. As she tried to fix it, the machine backed up onto her right hand and broke one of her knuckle bones. The machine was not locked out at the time.
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.
2021-11-02	East Fishkill	Ny	Hudson Valley Roofing & Sheet metal, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was watching as other employees loaded insulation into a rack truck using a crane. The load slipped and the employee was struck by a bundle of insulation, resulting in a fractured ankle.
2021-11-02	Washington	Pa	Pleiger Plastics Company	Knee(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a sheet casting machine when he slipped and fell into the machine. As the employee was thrown out of the machine, he hit his knee on the machine frame, causing a puncture wound.
2021-11-01	Dalton	Ga	ANCI, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on the fabric rolling machine located at the slitter station. He attempted to remove a wrinkle in the fabric roll he was making and his arm was pulled into the machine between the fabric roll being made and the press roller, resulting in friction burns.
2021-11-01	Lewisville	Tx	M & R Printing Equipment, Inc.	Ear(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was fixing a machine when it started and cut off his right ear. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-11-01	Winfield	Al	Marion Moulding	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 1, 2021, an employee was feeding a wood bundle into a wrapping machine when a piece of wood dropped. Her left middle finger was caught between it and the incoming wood bundle. The finger was partially amputated.
2021-11-01	Philadelphia	Pa	Samuels and Son Seafood Co.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a fish skinning machine. The machine caught the employee's left hand, causing ligament damage and partial degloving.
2021-11-01	Montgomery	Al	Kinpak, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was operating a blow molding machine and amputated their right index fingertip while removing a piece of plastic.
2021-11-01	Waco	Tx	Owens-Illinois	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was taking blank temperatures on a forming machine. As the employee inserted blank temperature probes into the blanks, their right index finger was pinched between the blank arm and the operating shaft. The finger was degloved to the first knuckle, and was later medically amputated.
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.
2021-11-01	Morton	Il	Yinlun TDI LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Stacks of sheet steel weighing up to 2600 pounds were received from a supplier incorrectly oriented on wood slats. Employees were orienting the steel sheets to align correctly with the tubing line machine. Employee 1 was on the ground placing 2x4 lumber under the stacks of steel. Employee 2 was operating a forklift. Employee 2 placed the forks under the stacks of steel and lifted for clearance. Employee 1 placed the 2x4 under the stacks of steel in the correct orientation. Once the steel was low
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	Adel	Ga	J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was running PVC production lines when a machine malfunctioned. As he tried to free a pipe that was jammed in a belling station, the machine started to process and its hydraulic cylinder came down on his right little finger. The finger was 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.
2021-10-30	Romeoville	Il	Hearthside Food Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a machine. A pulley on the machine amputated the employee's right ring finger and part of the employee's right little fingertip.
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	Houston	Tx	Night Owls Print Shop, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a screen printing press to print designs on T-shirts when he was struck by a moving part of the machine. The employee was hospitalized for stomach and back injuries.
2021-10-29	Pearland	Tx	BOYER, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck in the chest by an auger machine as it was being lifted. The employee was knocked to the ground and he sustained a head injury and a fractured rib.
2021-10-29	Bradenton	Fl	AF BARRIERS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping operate a vinyl-melting machine. The machine's press crushed and burned the tip of his left index finger.
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	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	Dublin	Tx	ABF Packing, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking away from his work station when he slipped on a piece of fat that was lying on the floor and fell and hit his head on another machine in the area, resulting in a laceration between his eyes and a fractured hip that required surgery.
2021-10-27	Alexander	Nd	Midwest Erosion Control	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was working on top of a hydromulching machine. While switching from the passenger-side turret to the driver-side turret, the 3-inch cam-lock end cap was released. Due to trapped pressure, the end cap struck the employee's face resulting in a laceration to the face, a broken tooth, and damage to other teeth.
2021-10-26	Beatrice	Ne	Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was reaching for paper towels while cleaning up when her left foot caught on a box and she fell to floor, landing on right arm and shoulder. The employee suffered a fracture of the right humerus bone.
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	Clifton Park	Ny	Repligen Corporation	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding a silicone milling machine when their hand was pulled into the milling rolls, resulting in an avulsion of their hand that required hospitalization.