DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-11-18CordeleGaGriffin 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.
2021-11-18Oklahoma CityOkClements Foods Co.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove some tape on a conveyor belt's pulley. The belt pulled the employee's right little finger under the guard, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
2021-11-17MantenoIlRise Baking Company Manteno ILFingertip(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.
2021-11-17BudaTxCMC RebarFinger(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.
2021-11-17BronxNyRIVERDALE AUTO COLLISION, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was wiping down the inside of a car door. The door shut on the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.
2021-11-17BucyrusOhGE 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.
2021-11-17TulsaOkLektron Branding SolutionsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a mast guard from a forklift to repair several bends in the guard. While removing the bolts on the guard, the guard fell and crushed the employee's right middle and ring fingers.
2021-11-17Grand PrairieTxOle 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.
2021-11-17QuincyIlTitan Wheel Corporation of IllinoisFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was putting a disk on a conveyor table using a hoist. The disk came off the hook and landed on his left ring finger. The finger was amputated.
2021-11-17Fort WorthTxHENSEL PHELPSFingertip(s)Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was holding the support structure of a concrete chute. The concrete was not releasing; the employee was shaking the chute when his left middle fingertip was caught between the concrete bucket and a metal box. Half an inch of the fingertip was amputated.
2021-11-16FranklinWiBeacon Sales Acquisitions Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating the stabilizers on a boom truck. A stabilizer pinched the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.
2021-11-16PalatkaFlM.G. Dyess, Inc.Multiple body partsStruck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On November 16, 2021, a truck driver was removing straps from a load of utility poles on a flatbed trailer. When he removed the last strap, the top pole on the load rolled off and struck the left side of his body, crushing his left wrist and the lower part of his left leg. He was hospitalized, and the leg was medically amputated below the knee. He also suffered a brain injury and two fingers were medically amputated.
2021-11-16PalatkaFlVeritas 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.
2021-11-16De ForestWiABS Global Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving livestock off a trailer. An animal was on a rope and pulled back, which pulled the employee's left hand into the side of the trailer. The employee suffered an injury to their middle finger that required amputation.
2021-11-16SikestonMoKELPRO INCFinger(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.
2021-11-16TallahasseeFlCoca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On November 16, 2021, an employee was loading product onto a truck at the warehouse loading dock. While unjamming the dock plate, his right middle finger was caught between the dock plate and the trailer's threshold, resulting in amputation of his right middle finger at the nail.
2021-11-15Carol StreamIlPregisFinger(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.
2021-11-15AtlantaGaWestRock CompanyFingertip(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.
2021-11-15IndependenceMoOlin Winchester LLCFingertip(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.
2021-11-13JacksonvilleFlSP Plus CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was performing a wheelchair lift check on a shuttle bus when his finger got caught between two moving parts of the lift. The employee's left middle finger was medically amputated.
2021-11-13BridgeportCtC & W ServicesMultiple body partsPedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
Two employees had just finished placing signs on a sidewalk. A vehicle jumped the curb and struck both employees. Both were hospitalized; one suffered fractures in the hand, elbow, fingers, and lower back, as well as a shoulder injury.
2021-11-13ChambersburgPaMartin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was maneuvering a pallet jack. The employee's little finger was crushed between the pallet jack's handle and a concrete bollard. Part of the finger was amputated.
2021-11-13OrlandoFlBaker 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.
2021-11-13JohnstownOhNew Day FarmsFingertip(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.
2021-11-13Mount VernonIlContinental Tire The Americas, LLCFinger(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.
2021-11-13JacksonvilleFlAnchor Glass Container CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On November 13, 2021, an employee was using a pipe wrench to unjam a pulley on a conveyor system. When the pulley unjammed, his right ring finger was caught between its frame and the pipe wrench. The fingertip was amputated at the bottom of the nail.
2021-11-12SomersetNjL'Oreal USAFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing bottles of product off a conveyor belt. The tip of her left little finger was caught by a cleat on the belt, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-11-12DenverCoKiewit InfrastructureFingertip(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a circular saw to score 1/8 inch plywood. The saw blade amputated the tip of his left index finger.
2021-11-12WahpetonNdMasonite CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor. His right hand fingers were caught after testing the belt that was replaced and amputated.
2021-11-11HudsonFlBernhard MCCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping another company's employees remove a trash cart from a dumpster when their finger was pinched by an opening on the trash cart, resulting in an avulsion and fracture to their left middle finger.
2021-11-11MilwaukeeWiRitus CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press when their right hand was caught by a demolding tool, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.
2021-11-11Bay ShoreNyWater Lilies Food, LLCFingertip(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).
2021-11-11ColumbusKsCALIBRATED FORMSFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a paper jam in a printing press. The press caught his left hand and amputated the tufts of the index and middle fingers.
2021-11-11CarthageMoH E WILLIAMS INCFingertip(s)Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping roll material onto a coil. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated in a slot in the material.
2021-11-11JacksonAlLiberty Building ProductsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a radial saw to cross-cut a piece of plywood. The employee's left hand was pulled into the saw, which amputated three of the employee's fingers.
2021-11-11South EuclidOhAero Controlex GroupFinger(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
2021-11-11MckinneyTxEncore Wire CorporationFinger(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.
2021-11-11BridgeportCtST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTERFingertip(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a microtome to prepare slides for staining. The microtome blade lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in the amputation of part of the fingertip (without bone loss).
2021-11-10MontgomeryAlPremier TechFinger(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.
2021-11-10PittsburghPaDarden RestaurantsFingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cleaning a bandsaw when it amputated the tip of one of his fingers.
2021-11-10BunnellFlBuilders Firstsource - Florida, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 10, 2021, an employee was using a chop saw to cut an overhanging stop attached to a door jamb. When the blade hit the jamb, the blade kicked back and his left hand was pulled into it. His left thumb and middle finger were lacerated and his left index finger was amputated below the first knuckle.
2021-11-10Plant CityFlCommercial 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.
2021-11-10OcalaFlCardinal Glass Industries, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to find the source of a noise in a conveyor system. A roller in the system caught a fingernail on her right hand and pulled it off, along with her index and middle fingertips.
2021-11-10CarthageMoFLEX-O-LATORSFingertip(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.
2021-11-10LebanonMoMARINE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTSFinger(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.
2021-11-10Little RockArKiewit Massman ConstructorsFingertip(s)Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was assisting in re-positioning a 1-ton steel safety cage over a splice plate when the cage crushed the employee's gloved left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-10New BerlinWiKelmann Corp.Fingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a table saw to trim wood pieces. The saw amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
2021-11-10HollandOhStericycle, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 10, 2021, an employee was loading a box truck. As they used their right hand to raise the lift gate, their left index finger was pinched between the liftgate and the truck. The employee sustained an amputation to the end of the finger.
2021-11-09BurlingtonNjSouth Coast Paper North EastFinger(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.
2021-11-09WimaumaFlSurterra Florida, LLCFingertip(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.
2021-11-09BuffaloIlCRST Expedited INCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by object or equipment
On November 9, 2021, an employee was cutting a trailer seal while using a rag to hold the seal when the seal came back around and cut the employee's right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-11-09BrownfieldTxInternational Peanut GroupFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was processing peanuts on a table near an intake fan. The fan cover had a hole that created suction strong enough to pull the employee's right hand into the blade, resulting in two amputated fingers.
2021-11-09DeerfieldOhFounders 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.
2021-11-09LeominsterMaNew England Wire Products, IncFinger(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.
2021-11-09SpringfieldIlPrairie Smokehouse Partners LLCFinger(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.
2021-11-09TyronePaSteller Innovations LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was running a board through a joiner when a piece of wood got stuck. As the employee attempted to release it, the joiner knives caused amputations to three fingers.
2021-11-09DemopolisAlDemopolis 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.
2021-11-09AddisonIlShape LLCFingertip(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.
2021-11-08MidlandTxSunset Well Service, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on rig tongs. The rig tongs became energized and pinched the employee's gloved hand, and their left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-11-08BoazAlParallel33 Lumber Corp.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove a jammed board. A running belt caught the employee's left middle finger against a plastic slide. The finger was lacerated, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-08DallasTxWalmart 3015Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was bailing boxes when the cardboard bailer's index plate fell down and crushed their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-11-08ArdmoreOkMichelin North America, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was operating a membrane press. While trying to remove a cured membrane from the press, the membrane did not blow off the press as normal. The employee cut the membrane from the core when the core ring began rising up the mold. The employee was removing the excess rubber from the core ring when his left hand became trapped between the bottom of the core and the core ring. The employee suffered burn and crush injuries to the their middle, ring, and little fingers. The following day, t
2021-11-08OrlandoFlBaker Concrete ConstructionMultiple body partsOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was taking down a scaffolding system, standing on the walk board at the second tier, approximately 10 feet off the ground. The employee was tied off to the piece of frame that he was taking off and when he threw it away he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and a broken finger.
2021-11-08TulsaOkShielding Resources Group, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a two-by-four using a table saw. The employee used his left hand to guide the two-by-four through the saw when a kickback occurred, drawing the employee's hand into the saw blade and resulting in partial amputations of the index and ring fingers.
2021-11-08IndependenceLaPiggly WigglyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork using a meat band saw. The meat slipped and the employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle
2021-11-08Poplar BluffMoMID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a collator when the conveyor belt stopped. While he was checking the conveyor belt, the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of a finger.
2021-11-08HesstonKsAGCO CORPORATIONFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was connecting a powered industrial truck (PIT) winch hook to steel plates. The winch engaged and the employee's left hand was caught between the hook and the steel plates resulting in amputation of their left middle fingertip.
2021-11-08HannibalMoWATLOW 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.
2021-11-08ChicagoIlTyson Foods, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting a co-worker with separating plastic tote bins when the upper tote bin slipped and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a laceration and a fingertip amputation.
2021-11-08HendersonCoCummins North America Sales and Service Henderson Packaging CenterFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting a thick metal sheet with a sheer when the metal lifted off the surface and came back down on his left right finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-08AtlantaGaAgainst The Grain Tops, Co.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a push stick to cut wood on a table saw when the push stick slipped and the saw blade contacted the employee's left thumb and index finger, resulting in amputations.
2021-11-07HazletonPaAmazon Fulfillment Center AVP1Fingertip(s)Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift . He had lifted the forks with both hands at the front and rear of the forks; when he let go of the forks with his left hand, his right index finger was caught between the rear end of the forks and the lift mast. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-11-07Cold SpringNyRoaring Brook Landscaping Services and Contracting, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a chainsaw when they sustained a laceration to their right ring finger, resulting in a hospitalization.
2021-11-07ChicagoIlFedEx GroundFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was adjusting the tension on a conveyor system's roller pin when the wrench slipped and the roller pin crushed the employee's left index finger.
2021-11-07Ponte Vedra BeachFlValley 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.
2021-11-06MaizeKsCARLSON PRODUCTSFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was running parts on a brake press. The press amputated the tips of his right middle and ring fingers.
2021-11-06Menomonee FallsWiARANDELL CORPORATIONFingertip(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.
2021-11-06West ChicagoIlAirgas StoreFingertip(s)Struck by discharged object or substance
On November 6, 2021, an employee was using a wrench to release pressure from a carbon dioxide supply pipe. The pipe had been venting and it suddenly stopped. As the employee was checking the pipe, it disconnected and smashed his right index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee suffered bruises too all three fingers and an amputated middle fingertip.
2021-11-06LouisvilleMsNew Wood Resources, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a jam in a chipper and amputated their left index finger.
2021-11-06AbileneTxCAE-USA-Tampa, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Nonclassifiable
An employee's left middle finger was crushed.
2021-11-05BoiseIdBID 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.
2021-11-05SandersvilleGaTrojan Battery Company, LLCFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a 36-inch-long tool to clear battery plates out. The tool contacted a conveyor, which pulled the employee's right hand too close to the opening to an oven. The tip of his index finger was amputated.
2021-11-05LancasterPaArconic 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.
2021-11-05South BayFlMorningstar HarvestingFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was dumping trash from a large mechanical dumpster when his right hand was caught between moving parts, causing his index and ring fingers to be crushed. The employee's ring finger was amputated.
2021-11-05PeytonCoTowers NorthwestFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pulling a cable up a communication tower using a capstan winch. His left arm contacted the winch line and became entangled under the rope and drum. He suffered three broken arm bones, constriction wounds, and lacerations to the arm. His middle and ring fingers were medically amputated.
2021-11-04MontzLaFieldCore Service Solutions, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by object or equipment
An employee was rigging a pallet of four CRV linkages. A linkage slid off the pallet and pinched the employee's right middle and ring fingers, causing a partial amputation of one finger through the bone.
2021-11-04BeevilleTxLippert Components IncorporatedFinger(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.
2021-11-04SharpsvillePaDean Dairy Fluid, LLCFinger(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.
2021-11-04BloomsburgPaMailing 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.
2021-11-04San AntonioTxVT 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.
2021-11-04NampaIdHeartland RVFingertip(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a razor knife to strip wires. The knife slipped and amputated a piece of his left index fingertip.
2021-11-04BethelCtDuracell Industrial Operations IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had been mixing cathode powder in a mixer. With the mixing completed, he tilted the mixer to empty the powder into a bucket through the designated port. The mixer was powered on to push the powder out through the port. There was powder adhered to the port, and he tried to get it out using his left hand. The mixer blade contacted his fingers, resulting in deglovings and fractures to the middle and index fingers. The middle finger was medically amputated.
2021-11-04HillsboroughNhVortex Companies - Livermore, MEFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
Two employees were moving a trailer mounted compressor by hand after disconnecting it from a truck. The two employees were pulling the trailer forward, moving closer to the back end of the original tow vehicle. As the momentum behind the trailer increased, employee 1 attempted to control the trailer by placing his hand on the trailer tongue. Employee 1's finger became caught between the towing truck's bumper and the edge of the trailer tongue. The employee' s little finger was amputated.
2021-11-04AuburnMeRJF-Morin Brick, LLCFingertip(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.
2021-11-04AshtabulaOhGrand River Rubber & Plastics CompanyFinger(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.
2021-11-04ParkdaleOhUS FoodsFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A trailer door closed on an employee's left middle fingertip, amputating it.
2021-11-04OberlinOhGreen Circle Growers, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2021-11-04Oklahoma CityOkMetal Container CorporationFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a rag to clean a liner while rotating the liner turret counter-clockwise with his left hand. The employee's right little finger was caught between the stationary dog leg channel and the rotating star wheel. The fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle.
2021-11-04LaurelMsHOWARD 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.
2021-11-03Colorado SpringsCoGLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORPFingertip(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).