| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-24 | Calverton | Ny | Eastern Wholesale Fence LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the notching machine and amputated their right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-02 | Grandview | Tx | Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was under a jammed notching machine, removing a board, when the machine amputated the tip of their left middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Albertville | Alabama | Marshall Pallet Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing runners from a notching machine when their right hand was struck by the rotating notcher head. The employee's right index and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle. The middle and pinky fingers were also injured. | |||||
| 2020-01-25 | Chicago Heights | Illinois | J & A Pallets Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting notches in 2x4 wooden boards with a woodcutting notching machine when the machine amputated two middle fingers and part of the pinky finger on the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | PAL-SERV, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a wood notching machine (notcher) when the blades or delta heads of the notcher amputated three of his right middle fingers. The blades were unguarded and the machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | New Oxford | Pennsylvania | O'Malley Wood Products | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing six foot pieces of dimensional lumber in a notching machine. He made contact with the blade resulting in a broken hand. | |||||
| 2017-07-05 | Lakeland | Florida | Bob's Welding Fabrication & Maintenance, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a corner notching machine to notch steel when the steel rolled up, causing the employee's right ring fingertip to be caught and amputated between the steel and the machine. | |||||
| 2017-06-26 | Bryan | Texas | Bryan Lumber Remanufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing wood from a double-head notching machine when the machine's blade amputated the employee's left middle, ring, and index fingers. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Fremont | Nebraska | Palleton, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was clearing the notching machine when his left hand was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | Marshall | Texas | Republic National Industries of Texas, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting wood with a notching machine when the machine's saw blade amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Apple Creek | Ohio | Millwood, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While feeding wood into the notching machine, an employee's left pinky fingertip was amputated on the machine's infeed. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Elgin | Illinois | Direct Pallet, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee sustained a serious injury when wiping wood dust residue from the notching machine. The machine caught his glove and pulled the employee's hand into the point of operation. The right hand was amputated. | |||||