Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-22	Fond Du Lac	Wi	The Combination Door Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was operating a custom pneumatic press that presses an approximate 1-inch by 2-inch metal plate into the stile of a combination door. When the press was activated, their left middle finger was pinched in the press resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-07-16	Orlando	Fl	Banker Steel South, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 16, 2021, an employee was moving a 3/4-inch metal plate with a crane onto a work skid when his left ring finger got caught between the load and the skid, resulting in a pinched fingertip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-06-08	Milner	Ga	QUALITY CONSTRUCTION BY MCLEROY, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a nail gun to attach metal plates to trusses. A nail from the gun deflected off a metal plate and impaled the employee's left index finger.
2021-05-09	Eastaboga	Al	Legacy Cabinets, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee had climbed onto a hydraulic platform floor lift to move jammed material. While the floor lift was moving up, the employee stepped off the lift and his foot was caught between the floor of the lift and the metal plate on the floor above. The employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury to his foot and toes.
2021-04-29	Chicago	Il	Primrose Candy Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a machine when their hand became caught in a rotating metal plate, resulting in partial amputations of two fingers.
2021-04-27	Miami	Fl	W.A. Chester LLC	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was loading a metal plate onto a trailer. The plate fell out of the trailer, landing on the employee's foot. The employee suffered a broken metatarsal and four dislocated toes.
2021-03-25	Lena	La	Brame Energy Center	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was grinding rough edges off a piece of metal plate. The employee's right thumb was caught between a vertical rotating grinding disk and the tool table/rest. The employee suffered tissue damage and an amputation of the thumbnail/fingertip.
2021-03-25	Lawton	Ok	American Electric Power	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was smoothing a metal plate using a bench grinder when the end of their thumb was caught between the material and the grinding wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation (approximately 25 percent) of their left thumb.
2021-01-29	Minster	Oh	Kard Welding, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 29, 2021, two employees were sweeping shot off a 10,000-pound metal plate, which was moving on a conveyor. One employee's glove was caught in a moving roller, causing his hand to be pinched between the roller and bottom of the metal plate. He suffered two fingertip amputations and two crushed fingers.
2021-01-11	Orlando	Fl	Mid-State Metals, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 11, 2020, an employee was working from the ground to make sure that a forklift was setting bundles of metal plates (about 5,000 pounds) in the right place. One of the bundles was not correctly placed next to another; he was trying to adjust it when it shifted. His left index finger was caught between the two plates, causing the amputation of his fingertip without bone loss.
2021-01-06	Brookshire	Tx	Custom Heliarc, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was drilling metal plate. The drill bit caught the employee's left glove, drawing in the employee's hand and amputating the thumb.
2020-10-09	West Fargo	Nd	K and K Construction and Repair, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a chain hoist to lift an angle hook that had been tack-welded to a metal plate. The weld failed, causing the plate to drop and strike the employee's left hand. Fingers on the left hand were injured and the index finger was partially amputated.
2020-09-14	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was welding and crushed their left index finger between a weld point and the metal plate in the weld fixture resulting in amputation.
2020-08-12	Dayville	Ct	Frito-lay, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling a rare-earth magnet. The magnet was attracted to a metal plate, and the employee's fingertip was amputated between the two.
2020-07-25	Russellville	Arkansas	TABER EXTRUSIONS LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing maintenance on an 8,600-ton shear press. The employee was standing on a metal plate approximately 3.5 feet long by 1.5 feet wide. The metal plate had a weld fail which caused the plate to break and fall into a pit. The employee fell partially into the pit and sustained a fracture to the right femur.
2020-07-06	Boise	Idaho	Bledsoe Construction, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A construction worker was working with two other workers to remove a metal plate from a semiconductor tool base. The employee was attempting to remove inertial dampeners from the bottom of the plate while it was being suspended by a gantry. The bolt holding the plate sheared and the plate fell, fracturing the employee's arm.
2020-07-06	Boise	Idaho	Bledsoe Construction, Inc.	Arm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was preparing to use a hoist to move a large, metal plate. The metal plate fell on the operator's right arm, resulting in a fracture.
2020-07-02	Marlborough	Massachusett	Credit Cards Supplies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee amputated their right middle finger while handling sheet metal plate.
2020-06-08	Fort Payne	Alabama	Valley Joist, L.L.C.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was catching metal plates. The material was binding and sliding down after it was cut. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the stop and the material, sustaining a partial amputation.
2020-05-20	Murrayville	Georgia	Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on a vacuum pipe when a metal plate inside the pipe moved and crushed his right thumb. The thumb was partially amputated at the bottom of the nailbed.
2020-04-14	Hill Air Force Base	Utah	Atec Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were assembling a roll-up door. Tension had been applied to help roll the curtain into the door barrel; one of the employees was using a metal bar and a pin to secure the pre-tension wheel as this tension was slowly released. The pin dislodged and the wheel spun, pinching the employee's left hand between the end bell metal plate and the bar. The employee's index and middle fingers were crushed and the tip of the left index finger was amputated.
2020-02-26	Fraziers Bottom	West Virgini	FLSmidth Inc.	Multiple head locations	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was lifting a metal plate with an overhead crane and a magnet. The plate or the magnet shifted and struck the employee's chin. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to the chin and a concussion.
2020-02-19	Newport News	Virginia	Newport News Shipbuilding Div. of Huntington Ingalls Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was installing a carpet runner under a roller table. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught and injured between a roller and a metal plate. The fingertip was medically amputated.
2020-01-28	Pell City	Alabama	Gorbel, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using an in-house manufactured utility cart to move 50 metal plates. The plates were stacked on the cantilevered end when the cart tipped and the metal plates slid off, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fractured left foot, tibia, fibula, and ankle.
2019-08-20	Canton	Oklahoma	QES Pressure Pumping, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just replaced a rubber O-ring on a manifold and was trying to put the bull plug back on the missile when it slipped off and took the employee's hand down, striking it against the flat metal plate below. As a result, the employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.
2019-07-29	Delair	New Jersey	Aluminum Shapes, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were lifting a metal plate with a chain and hoist. The steel plate was to be modified/outfitted with eyehooks. Once the eye hooks were welded onto the plate, the plate was lowered. As the plate was being lowered one of the welds failed causing the plate to fall and land on the employee's foot resulting in an amputation.
2019-06-19	Conshohocken	Pennsylvania	EDRO Specialty Steel	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was placing a metal plate into a furnace to be heat-treated when he tripped and fell forward, resulting in his hands making contact with the hot metal plate. He suffered burns to the palms of both hands and was hospitalized.
2019-06-01	Moran	Kansas	B & M Energy and Infrastructure	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was up a tower in a wind turbine. A metal plate (a blade access cover) moved, causing the employee to fall about 7-10 feet into the inside of a blade. The employee suffered internal abdominal injuries.
2019-04-02	Jacksonville	Texas	GME Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was opening a disk grinder while grinding a metal plate when his glove was caught in the grinder, causing a severe laceration to the left index finger that resulted in a fingertip amputation.
2019-04-01	Austin	Texas	Hill Country Dairies, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A driver was positioning a truck for loading at a dock. The driver had gotten out of the cab to place a metal plate between the dock and the truck bed when the truck rolled into the driver, causing a broken left femur.
2019-03-21	Longview	Texas	Lebus International Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a metal plate with a crane. The plate moved/shifted while the employee was guiding it to set it down on top of another plate. The employee's fingers were caught between the two plates causing an amputation injury to the left middle, ring and pinky fingers.
2019-02-14	Arlington	Texas	Native Solutions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a groove machine. As he checked the grooves in a pipe, his right hand was caught between two metal plates. The index and middle fingers were amputated.
2019-01-03	Mount Pocono	Pennsylvania	Envelope Freedom Holdings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was changing plates on a paper envelope machine. He was holding a metal plate with one hand and using his free hand to jog the machine when his right hand was pulled into the machine's moving parts. His middle finger sustained severe lacerations that required stitches, while the tip and first joint of his pointer finger were amputated.
2018-09-17	Lakeland	Florida	Robinson Fans, Inc. - Florida Facility	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was standing at a table when a cart of metal plates came by and some plates fell off, causing him to stumble backwards, trip over a pallet, and hit his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with head trauma and a concussion.
2018-08-27	Beaver Dam	Wisconsin	Richielieu Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was reaching over a pizza conveyor. The employee's glove was caught between the conveyor and metal plate the conveyor rested on. The belt removed the employee's fingernail; the fingertip was later amputated.
2018-08-20	Pingree Grove	Illinois	Ryan Incorperated Central	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was repairing a piece of heavy equipment when a metal plate fell, pinching his right ring fingertip between the plate and the ground and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-08-01	Longview	Texas	Trinity Tank Car, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was welding a metal plate to the top of a stand. The plate fell onto his finger, injuring it, and he was hospitalized.
2018-06-25	Houston	Texas	La Bodega Meat & Produce	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing a loading dock's rolling door when his left ring finger was caught between the door and the metal plate ramp. He suffered an amputation injury to the finger.
2018-06-09	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	COOLING PRODUCTS INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing by a metal plate that was leaning against the wall. A forklift struck the metal plate causing it to fall. When the plate fell, the employee lost his footing and fell to the floor sustaining a right hip fracture.
2018-05-15	Bay City	Texas	McAda Drilling Fluids, Inc.	Hand(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On May 15, 2018, at about 4:40 p.m., two employees were using a forklift to transport a frac tank onto a flatbed trailer. The tank was placed on a metal plate positioned on the forks of the forklift. During transport, the frac tank and metal plate shifted, striking the two employees. One employee sustained two fractured knuckles to the left hand, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-01	Jasper	Alabama	Alabama Power	Pelvic region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing step bolts on a pole while standing on a metal plate that was 28 inches from the ground when the employee slipped and fell, sustaining a laceration injury.
2018-04-13	Long Beach	New York	Elecnor Hawkeye, LLC	Foot (feet)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was installing an electric cable below street level when his foot was caught and lacerated between two metal plates.
2018-04-02	Corpus Christi	Texas	O N Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a roof cutter when the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the roof cutter's crank shaft and a metal plate, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.
2018-03-20	Sarasota	Florida	Stein Mart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking down a store aisle when she tripped over a metal plate and fell to the floor, breaking her hip and requiring surgery.
2018-03-16	Augusta	Georgia	Mulherin Lumber Company CO	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A temporary employee was removing a metal plate off a truss when a piece of metal flew into his eye, causing a serious injury.
2018-02-23	Fairmont	West Virgini	Resolute Forest Products	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On February 23, 2018, at approximately 3:00 a.m., an employee climbed a 24-foot extension ladder and tied off while replacing a camera. A second employee held the ladder below. The ladder was leaned against and supported by a metal plate/wall that keeps bales of paper on the opposite side. After completing the work, the employee was on his way down the ladder when a bale of paper struck the opposite side of the metal plate. The deflection of the metal jarred the ladder, and the employee fell 4
2018-02-22	Wilmington	Ohio	Ahresty Wilmington Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking when she tripped over a bolt that was holding a metal plate to the floor and broke her right femur head.
2018-01-12	Alsip	Illinois	Kastalon Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was de-burring a metal plate on a sander when his left thumb was pinched between the metal plate and sanding disc, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his thumb.
2018-01-05	Douglas	Georgia	THOMPSON MACHINE COMPANY, INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping to move a large metal plate with a forklift when the plate slipped and crushed the employee's right leg, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-09	Houston	Mississippi	Franklin Coropration	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning out a fiber filler machine when the machine's metal plate amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2017-08-25	Denver	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Prestress	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working with a coworker to build concrete forms that consist of a metal plate and metal rails held together with magnets. They were moving the rails when the magnets pulled the pieces together, pinching and amputating the injured employee's right ring fingertip.
2017-08-21	Macon	Georgia	Cherokee Brick and Tile	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a 3 x 8 metal plate when his right hand was caught between the metal plate and the top layer of a stone resting on a kiln cart. His right middle finger broke in three places and was partially de-gloved and surgically amputated.
2017-08-14	Waco	Texas	Marathon Norco	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's left- and right-hand fingers were smashed by metal plates as they were being lowered.
2017-08-12	Midland	Texas	Crossfire LLC	Forearm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was grinding a piece of metal plate to install it on a service truck when the grinding wheel came off and struck the employee's forearm just above the wrist, fracturing the ulna.
2017-07-24	Bronx	New York	Riverbay Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was holding a door jam while his partner was drilling a metal plate into the bottom of the jam when the door became dislodged and slammed on his two middle fingers, amputating them.
2017-07-19	Fort Worth	Texas	Auto Truck Group	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was punching holes in metal plates using an ironworker machine when a piece of metal came out of the machine and struck the employee in the neck.
2017-06-21	Orlando	Florida	Trench Plate Metal, Co	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was delivering a metal plate at a customer's jobsite when the customer dropped the metal plate on the employee's right thumb tip, amputating it.
2017-06-02	Kellyville	Oklahoma	Sherwood Construction	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was conducting maintenance on a conveyor that was locked and tagged out when a metal plate that is operated by a pneumatic cylinder closed and caught the employee's left arm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-05-04	Tomah	Wisconsin	The Toro Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was repairing a damaged pallet racking and pinched the right index finger between the concrete floor and a metal plate resulting in amputation of the finger above the first knuckle.
2017-04-26	Fort Worth	Texas	Structural and Steel Products, MFG	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a metal plate from a shearing machine when the blade cut his right thumb and index finger.
2017-04-03	Decatur	Alabama	R+L Carrier Shared Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The dolly rolled forward and the employee's hand was caught between the pintle hook and metal plate of the trailer resulting in crushed and broken left pinky and ring fingers.
2017-03-29	West Middlesex	Pennsylvania	T. Bruce Sales, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press brake to flatten metal plates. The metal plate was held in place by a hoist hook. The hook slipped off the metal plate causing the metal plate to strike the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair a broken right arm.
2017-02-20	Jacksonville	Florida	Innovel Solutions, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack in the warehouse and pinched his left foot between the wheel and a metal plate resulting in the amputation of his left big toe.
2016-09-12	Nashville	Arkansas	Tyson Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee visually determined that a metal flange on a transfer had become disconnected from a metal plate, allowing a transfer roller to fall. When he touched the flange, the metal plate became loose and smashed his right ring finger between the metal plate and flange. The transfer was locked out at the time.
2016-09-06	Kittery	Maine	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was manually assembling a steel-framed structure that would eventually be used as a mock-up for training riggers when his left middle finger was caught between a steel I-beam and a metal plate, severing the top half-inch of the finger.
2016-07-28	Huntington	West Virgini	Special Metals	Ankle(s)	Rail vehicle incident, n.e.c.
On July 28, 2016, at approximately 10:00 p.m., an employee was on a locomotive that struck a metal plate next to a rail, causing the plate to flip up and strike the employee on the leg. He suffered a fracture to the left ankle area.
2016-07-13	Hewitt	Texas	Davis Iron Works	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an angle cutting machine. When the employee tried to remove a piece of metal, the machine began another cycle and the metal plate on the machine struck the employee's wrist causing a severe laceration, severed tendons, and broken bones.
2016-05-03	Summerville	Pennsylvania	Charles Machine, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a crane to load material onto the hydraulic press brake. The plate clamp on the crane hook became disconnected. The employee's thumb on his right hand became caught between the metal plate on the crane and the press brake. The employee suffered an amputation of the thumb on his right hand as a result of the incident.
2016-04-29	Suwanee	Georgia	Hussmann Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to drill a hole in a metal plate with a drill press. As he held a piece of metal in his left hand, the drill press caused the metal plate to rotate with the drill bit and his hand to move with it. He amputated his left index finger and lacerated his left thumb.
2016-04-21	Mobile	Alabama	Austal USA	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were removing the last tracks from a rider plate. When they hit the last track, the metal plate popped up and struck the injured employee, fracturing the employee's right tibial plateau.
2016-04-20	Denver	Colorado	Timken Motor and Crane Services LLC	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was transferring a piece of plate metal from one pallet to another. A forklift stood the metal plate up on the edge of the pallet. The plate metal fell over and struck the employee's leg, fracturing the femur.
2016-04-07	New York	New York	RHCG Safety Corp	Foot (feet)	Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport
An employee was loading metal plates into the bucket of a Bobcat when the equipment tipped over and struck the employee's foot. The employee suffered a contusion that became infected and required hospitalization.
2016-04-05	Jackson	Wisconsin	Germantown Iron & Steel Corp.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a shearer to cut a metal plate during prep work. A piece of the metal shear blade broke and hit him in the neck, causing a neck laceration.
2016-03-19	New York	New York	BLOOMINGDALES	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was lifting up a metal floor plate to access the switch to reset the escalator. The metal plate fell on his hand, amputating the top third of his finger.
2016-01-25	Hammond	Wisconsin	Guy Metals Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
At approximately 2:30 p.m., on 1/25/16, an employee operating a metal polishing machine lifted a curtain to wipe down the feed rollers on the machine. The employee's left-hand little finger was caught between the feed roller and the metal plate and had to be surgically amputated at the second knuckle.
2015-12-14	Lake Zurich	Illinois	Termax Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loosening a bolt from a cylinder in the plastic injection molding machine. When he attempted to grab a hand jack, the plate came down because the bolt was loosened, and the employee's right hand was pinched between two metal plates. When he pulled his hand out, his pinky finger got lacerated and required surgery.
2015-11-30	Monroe	Ohio	UGN Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee amputated the tips of the right middle and ring fingers when a metal plate fell onto his fingers.
2015-11-21	Houston	Texas	Offenhauser Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
While working in Bay 3 of the facility, an employee was moving metal plates that weighed approximately 4000 pounds with a pendant control crane. The plate swung and struck the employee pinning him against another plate and injuring his stomach.
2015-08-05	North Lima	Ohio	Bird Equipment LLC.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee fabricating highway signs was welding on a metal plate (approximately 530 pounds and 28"x33"x2") when the tack-welds gave way and the metal plate fell onto and crushed the employee's right leg.
2015-07-27	Centennial	Colorado	Nilex	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading a container from the loading dock. He was pulling the metal plate that fits between the loading dock and the container when his right index finger got stuck between the plate and dock and was partially amputated.
2015-07-13	Bellevue	Ohio	Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two operators were attempting to clear a "down bottle error" on the blow molding machine. They opened an interlock door and were looking into the bed area. One employee leaned on a metal plate that guides the bottles. The pressure from the leaning employee released a metal flap that caught the employee's right middle finger.
2015-07-03	Omaha	Nebraska	Progressive Protien, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving chem-grate flooring through a door when the employee's fingers got pinched between the door and the metal plate, causing an amputation.
2015-06-17	Pensacola	Florida	National Museum of Naval Aviation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving film to storage on a platter (metal plate) when it started to fall. The employee tried to catch the plate and crushed her left index fingertip. Three days later it had to be partially amputated.
2015-05-14	Atlanta	Georgia	State Steelworks	Nonclassifiable	Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee jumped approximately 8 feet from an aluminum extension ladder while loosening bolts from a metal plate.
2015-05-02	Windsor	Colorado	Vestas Blades America , Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
A pinch point between the electric torque and a metal plate caused an employee to amputate the left index fingertip while using an electric torque wrench.
2015-04-29	Waco	Texas	SC2, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
While bolting two metal plates together one plate slipped and severed a finger.
2015-04-07	Hastings	Nebraska	Drake Tool & Design Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a large metal plate with a forklift. The metal plate was slung under the forks of the lift. As the employee guided it, the load fell and amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.
2015-03-18	Galesburg	Illinois	Progress Rail Services Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The last digit on an employee's pinky finger was amputated when caught between a metal plate attached to a pump and a trailer bed while unloading scrap metal into the Peddlers Yard. Suitable safeguarding was not in place at the time of the incident.
2015-03-12	Loveland	Colorado	Springs Fabrication, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee amputated his left thumb at the distal joint while using an overhead gantry crane. His thumb got caught in a pinch point between a metal plate weighing approximately 300 pounds and the lifting frame when a magnet holding the plate failed.
2015-02-14	Groveport	Ohio	Universal Fabrications and Construction Services	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a metal plate with a cutting torch. The plate fell, crushing the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-02-04	Harmony	Pennsylvania	Berry Metal Company	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A metal plate fell off of a forklift and hit an employee standing in the area, injuring the employee's foot.
2015-01-15	Lima	Ohio	GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS, INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On or about January 20, 2015, an employee was injured when a large metal plate fell on the right foot. Toes on the foot were subsequently amputated as a result of the injuries.