| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-03 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement's Sausage Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unjamming a de-clipper machine. After the air lines were shut down, the clipper head partially amputated the employee's thumb. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Belle Glade | Florida | TKM FARMS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee's fingertip was amputated by a hedge clipper. | |||||
| 2019-07-30 | Santa | Idaho | American Cedar Sales, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning under the shake clipper when the clipper came down and amputated the left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-07-25 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Berks Packaging Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a clipper using a hex key when the clipper's ram activated and amputated his left fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-07-01 | Schuyler | Nebraska | CARGILL, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was holding a cow's tail when part of his index finger was cut off by a hydraulic tail clipper. | |||||
| 2019-06-14 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was reaching for a hook caught on the side of a carcass with his left hand when his right hand came in contact with the piston of the bone clipper, amputating his right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-12 | Lansing | Illinois | Land O' Frost, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing casings on a clipper machine when the employee's left hand entered the machine's point of operation, resulting in an amputation of the left pinky finger and laceration of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-03-01 | Oakdale | Louisiana | BOISE CASCADE COMPANY | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was operating a clipper when they were struck by wood that was traveling on a conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
| 2018-06-23 | Fargo | Georgia | Trejo Brothers Produce, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was pulling weeds, helping another employee prune shrubbery. The other employee's clippers caught the employee's right index finger, causing a partial amputation and a bone fracture requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | North East | Pennsylvania | Greenfield Basket Factory, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a wood clipper machine when his hand entered the point of operation. The machine cycled and amputated his right middle and ring fingers. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-02-20 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was collecting willow branches and using pneumatic clippers to cut the material to length. As the employee was cutting a branch, he amputated the tip of his left thumb without bone loss. The hospital reattached the tip of the thumb. | |||||
| 2015-11-20 | Fairfield | Ohio | MB Manufacturing Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about November 20, 2015, a clipper machine operator amputated the right middle fingertip while cutting bundles of veneer. | |||||