| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-05-07 | Brooklyn | Oh | J. B. Stamping, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was forming a part on a brake press machine and as the part formed, his thumbs were pinched between the part and the dye. The employee suffered two partial thumb amputations. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Hudson | Wi | Preco, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 24, 2021, an employee was running a 10-inch laminating rotary dye press machine when their right hand was caught in a raw material called "webbing" which pulled their hand between two rollers and caused a partial amputation to three fingers. | |||||
| 2020-07-22 | Clearwater | Florida | FAULHABER MICROMO LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a mill creating taps and dyes and suffered a laceration to the left middle finger requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Chicago | Illinois | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road |
| A Goodyear employee was replacing a steer tire on a semi truck on an interstate highway. A vehicle struck the back of the Goodyear truck, which in turn struck the employee. The employee suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2020-03-14 | Youngstown | Ohio | P & L HEAT TREATING & GRINDING, INC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was sandblasting a cap aluminum dye assembly. He stood the part up to turn it onto the other side. The part then tipped over and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-21 | South Plainfield | New Jersey | Keystone Plastics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was calibrating the dye on a hydraulic press when the employee's right thumb was caught and amputated in a pinch point on the hydraulic press shaft. | |||||
| 2019-04-29 | Toledo | Ohio | American Posts, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 29, 2019, at approximately 9:50 a.m., an employee was operating a punch press when their right index finger was pinched between the dye plate and the post being stamped causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-12 | Broadview | Illinois | Pure's Food Specialties, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping an equipment operator remove the cover and dye roll on a rotary machine. The employee's hand slipped on a fixed roller and came into contact with a knife edge. Two fingertips on the employee's left hand were amputated. | |||||
| 2017-02-06 | Wayne | New Jersey | BONLAND INDUSTRIES, INC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting the dye in a press brake when the press brake came down and crushed his left hand. | |||||
| 2016-10-03 | Dalton | Georgia | J&J Flooring Group | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a dye header (a piece of carpet) into a sample beck. When she tried to pull the head end of the dye header from underneath the reel, the carpet pulled her arm between the reel and the carpet, breaking two bones in her left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-07-29 | Stafford | Texas | Fiserv Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee attempted to remove a jam from the exit area of a dye-cutter machine. The machine turned on and the press crushed his right hand resulting in three broken fingers. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | Hebron | Ohio | SUNFIELD, INC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| After stopping a press line, an employee walked between the press brake light curtain. The press then cycled and the dye post came down, hitting the employee's right arm. His right forearm and hand were amputated, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Harahan | Louisiana | Walle Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a dye punch machine and amputated the second, third and fourth fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2015-01-18 | Saint Augustine | Florida | Sapa Extrusions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
| While moving dye, employee pinched the right ring finger between the clevis and hook. The employee was taken to the hospital where the tip of the finger was amputated. | |||||