| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | Columbus | Ks | CALIBRATED FORMS | Finger(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. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Arlington | Tx | Mittera Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was trying to remove paper from the rollers of a printing press. The rollers caught his hand, crushing and smashing it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-29 | Houston | Tx | Night Owls Print Shop, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a screen printing press to print designs on T-shirts when he was struck by a moving part of the machine. The employee was hospitalized for stomach and back injuries. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Moonachie | Nj | 4 Over International, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was troubleshooting a paper feeding issue with a printing press. He lost his balance, and while trying to catch himself from falling, he grabbed the power transmission belt. The employee was hospitalized, and three of his fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | Wheeling | Il | The Segerdahl Corporation dba SG360 | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was webbing paper through the glue unit of a printing press. The employee's hand was pulled between two rollers and crushed. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Omaha | Ne | Graphic Packaging International | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing press. The press rollers caught the employee's right hand and degloved it. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | Cincinnati | Oh | Encore Label & Packaging | Heart | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was operating a printing press when he felt ill and was transported to the hospital, where he had a heart attack. | |||||
| 2021-06-03 | Green Bay | Wi | Little Rapids Corp. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was standing on a stool/ladder to reach a nip point on an unused portion of a printing press, about 10 feet off the floor. The employee was caught between a press nip roll and an idler roller, suffering contusions and damage to skin on both arms. | |||||
| 2021-05-14 | Tavares | Fl | Sunday Cool, LLC | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working at a printing press. The employee was checking T-shirts and ink between two pallets when the machine was shifted, crushing and breaking the employee's right arm. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Groveport | Oh | Heidelberg USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee and a co-worker were troubleshooting a printing press when a part inside the machine came down on the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in an amputation at the cuticle that required surgery to reattach. | |||||
| 2021-03-20 | Lufkin | Tx | QG Printing II, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| At about 3:30 p.m. on March 20, 2021, employees were changing the lap on a signature on a printing press. An employee was checking to see that the lap was flush when his right index finger was caught under a plate. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-09 | De Pere | Wi | Green Bay Packaging Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting the feeding foot of a feeder head on a printing press. A moving part in the press amputated the employee's right index fingertip halfway down the nail. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Baltic | Ct | Amgraph Packaging, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a lacquer cylinder on a printing press when the cylinder moved and caught his left hand. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised left hand. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Ashland | Ma | Tekni-Plex Flexibles, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On September 18, 2020, an employee was servicing a printing press. While manually working on the drive shaft, the machine re-energized and the employee's right hand was caught between the tensioning device and drive belt resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-09-12 | Lancaster | Pa | LSC Communications US, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| Two employees were loading a roll of paper into a printing press. The decking moved forward as part of the process, and an employee slipped and fell into the resulting opening. The employee suffered a broken tibia. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Feasterville Trevose | Pa | Oliver Healthcare Packaging | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was running a re-winder machine when the speed of the machine increased. The employee then slowed down the speed and also tried to stop the re-winding process. The employee's arm was pulled into the printing press resulting in a fracture to the forearm. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Conshohocken | Pa | Philadelphia Inquirer | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was on a work platform located on the second level of a printing press when they slipped and fell backward onto the working surface. The employee sustained a back injury. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | East Peoria | Illinois | Versa Press, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 21, 2020, at around 3:00 PM, an employee was fixing a printing press when his right hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in lacerations to the index and middle fingers. The middle fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-08-12 | Black River Falls | Wisconsin | FLASH4.COM, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On August 12, 2019, an employee was setting up a printing press, pulling out the paper roll. The machine jogged while the employee's left index finger was inside it, amputating it at the first or second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Caledonia | New York | Specialized Printed Forms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was feeding a web into the rolls of a printing press when the rolls were jogged while his finger was in the pinch point, resulting in the amputation of the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-17 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Axiom Impressions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a printing press folder. The employee was jogging the machine to feed the paper back into the folder, after changing out the cutting blades, when his right hand was pulled in. The folder's cutting blade amputated his middle finger and the tips of his index, ring, and little fingers. | |||||
| 2019-05-13 | Camden | Arkansas | Gilchrist Bag Manufacturing, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing press with a rag when the press cycled and struck her right hand, amputating her right fifth digit at the first knuckle and fourth digit at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Toledo | Ohio | PEXCO PACKAGING CORPORATION | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was wrapping film around a new roll in a printing press during a roll change over. The employee's hand became caught in the press resulting in a fracture to the left forearm. | |||||
| 2019-05-02 | Waukesha | Wisconsin | KG Marketing and Bag Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a printing press when their hand was pulled into the rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Bryan | Texas | BH Media, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was hanging printing plates with a coworker when the coworker released his stop button, allowing the printing press to jog forward to hang the next plate. The injured employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, suffering lacerations. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Dalton | Massachusett | Crane Currency | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 10:45 a.m. on March 7, 2019, an employee was at the back of a printing press, where dried paper had wrapped around a carrying roll. He was 3 feet up a 6-foot ladder, removing the stuck paper, when he fell to the cement floor, encountering wall-mounted valves, a metal catch tray on the floor, and a metal grating. He suffered back pain and two lacerations, one to the back of the head and one on the left elbow. Each laceration required stitches. | |||||
| 2019-02-15 | Saint James | Missouri | MANCHESTER PACKAGING CO. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing a cylinder on a printing press. The employee's left index finger was caught in the hoist used to change the cylinder, causing an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | West Chicago | Illinois | J. H. H. OF ILLINOIS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing the ink from a printing press when her hand was pulled into the rollers, de-gloving her finger. Her fingertip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-08 | South Portland | Maine | MTM Acquisitions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's hand was caught in a printing press roller. The employee suffered an open fracture of the right thumb and a partial amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Mechanicsburg | Pennsylvania | Fry Communications, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was inching a printing press. Two of the employee's fingers were caught in the press, suffering injuries; the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-24 | Decatur | Georgia | Plaid Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to manually adjust a printing press when the machine amputated her right ring finger down to the first knuckle and lacerated her pinky finger. | |||||
| 2018-08-19 | Belleville | Illinois | Belleville News Democrat | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee leaned back and fell off a 5-foot fixed rail ladder while cleaning blankets on a printing press. He suffered a laceration to the right side of his forehead and two cracked ribs. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Houston | Texas | HOUSTON CHRONICLE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing press after a press run. His gloved finger became stuck in the equipment. His left middle finger was crushed and had to be partially medically amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | Sikeston | Missouri | TETRA PAK MATERIALS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was adjusting plates on a printing press and caught a finger in the gears resulting in a partial amputation to his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Saint Louis | Missouri | PACKAGING CONCEPTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the rollers on a printing press with a rag when the rag was caught in the rollers. His left hand then went into the rollers, amputating his index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-04-26 | Macon | Georgia | Aspen Products, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a ladder and hit his head on a printing press. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
| 2017-10-16 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Weber Marking Systems, Inc. dba Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a printing press when the employee's left hand was caught in an unguarded pinch point on the machine, fracturing two fingers. | |||||
| 2017-10-06 | Celina | Ohio | Reynolds & Reynolds Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a rotary printing press when his left index finger was caught and amputated between the press rollers. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | Solvay | New York | Berry Global, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was in the process of performing a plate change on a printing press when a locking strut failed, causing a color head to drop. The color head struck the employee's right-hand third digit, causing a distal phalanx fracture and fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | North Kansas City | Missouri | HENRY WURST, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jammed trimmer on a printing press when the machine amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Wausau | Wisconsin | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the roller on a printing press when the employee's right thumb was pulled into the in-going nip point, partially amputating the thumb tip. The press was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Saint Louis | Missouri | PACKAGING CONCEPTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the gears of a printing press when the employee's right hand became caught in the gears, amputating the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Crossett | Arkansas | Hood Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to run paper bags through a printing press. He jogged the paper into place. His left hand was on the press cylinder when it rolled, amputating his left thumb below the nail bed and crushing his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | West Penn Printing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a printing press. The press was locked/tagged out, and the employee disengaged and removed the folder mechanism. The employee then attempted to re-engage the folder mechanism and slid it back into the press. As he was re-engaging the mechanism, his left index finger was caught and partially amputated in the mechanism's gear and chain. | |||||
| 2017-06-02 | Stoughton | Massachusett | First Impression Printing Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was installing a wash tray on a printing press when his rubber glove and then hand was caught in the press rolls, amputating two fingers. | |||||
| 2017-05-26 | Hartland | Wisconsin | One TouchPoint | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning and removing debris from the printing press and their finger was caught in the infeed of the press when it started up for a new product run. The employee's right index finger was amputated and the middle finger was lacerated. | |||||
| 2017-04-24 | Aurora | Illinois | FGS-PRECISE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the ink reservoir on a printing press and the rag he was using was pulled into the rollers along with his hand. The tip of the employee's right pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Lancaster | New York | Alco Plastics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a printing press and amputated two fingertips in the rollers while removing debris from a roller. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The injured employee was cleaning the lower plates of a printing press with a towel wrapped around his right hand. A second employee was cleaning/setting up the upper portion of the press. The injured employee's hand was pulled into the press, due to the towel; partially amputating his right thumb and crushing the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-23 | Pewaukee | Wisconsin | Berry Plastics Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing press when his right arm was caught and fractured in a roller. | |||||
| 2017-03-20 | York | Pennsylvania | York Wallcovering Incorporated | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a printing press when he attempted to clean debris from the press wheel. His hand was pulled into the rollers, and he suffered damaged nerves and swelling in his left arm up to the elbow. | |||||
| 2017-02-01 | Hamilton | Ohio | Innovative Solutions | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 2/1/17, an employee was operating the printing press when his left hand was pulled into a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized due to his injury. | |||||
| 2017-01-21 | Franklin Park | Illinois | Graph-Pak Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 21, 2017, an employee was using a rag to clean grease off a printing press when the rag became caught in the machine. A moving part then pulled the employee's left index finger into the machine, amputating the fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-08-05 | Columbus | Ohio | QG Printing II Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was mounting plates on a printing press when his left ring fingertip was caught between the plates, partially amputating the soft tissue. | |||||
| 2016-06-09 | Rochester | New York | JAMESTOWN CONTAINER CORPORATION | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was repositioning a piece of cardboard over the vacuum holes of a printing press when the piece was drawn into the machine. His left hand was also pulled in, de-gloving the top of the hand and amputating the index finger. | |||||
| 2016-05-08 | Lolita | Texas | Inteplast Group Ltd | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a printing press and pinched a finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-03-24 | Hebron | Ohio | RR Donnelley | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was webbing the paper through the printing press perf and anvil cylinder. The employee indexed the cylinders while holding the lead edge of the paper in the gap which drew the finger in, pinching it between two cylinders. The employee's right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-09 | Saint Charles | Missouri | RX SYSTEMS, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was loading paper into a printing press when the press did not move the paper along as designed. The employee jogged the machine and turned it off and then on, attempting to get the paper to move along. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine, amputating the first digit of the finger. | |||||
| 2016-03-05 | Owensville | Missouri | RR Donnelley | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's fingertip was amputated while working on the printing press. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-01-12 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Hallmark Cards Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a scouring pad to clean the rubber pressure and printing rollers on a printing press. The machine was running at the time. The employee got caught in the nip point between the rubber pressure roller and the printing roller and was hospitalized with two broken fingers. Surgery had to be performed. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Mason | Ohio | W&S Packaging LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about November 12, 2015, an employee's arm was pulled into the spindle on a printing press when her glove got caught. She broke two bones in her right arm. | |||||
| 2015-09-11 | Syracuse | New York | HANSEN QP | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 9/11/15, employees were washing the print roller at the end of a shift. An employee bumped the right elbow on the diamond plate platform of the printing press; skin was not broken. The employee went golfing the next day and the elbow was swollen. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in the right elbow. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Lyndhurst | New Jersey | Omega Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the rubber plates on the printing press and crushed three fingers between the printing cylinders. The machine was running at the time and was not locked out. | |||||
| 2015-08-23 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Journal Star Printing Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee amputated the fingertips of the right thumb, index and middle fingers while cleaning the rollers on a printing press. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Glen Ellyn | Illinois | M & R Printing Equipment, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 28, 2015 and approximately at 1:30 p.m., a welder was operating a milling machine in the machine shop to fabricate two sheet metal pieces for a printing press (screen printing industry). His left hand middle fingertip became caught in the two sheet metal pieces and a running drill bit of the equipment. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | QUAD/GRAPHICS, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee operating a hand controlled forklift to remove pallets from a printing press fractured a leg when his leg was caught between the moving lift and a stationary I-beam guard. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Toledo | Ohio | Printexcel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered an amputation of his right middle finger while setting up a printing press on or about July 7, 2015. | |||||
| 2015-06-09 | Hicksville | New York | Coral Graphic Services Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee partially amputated his right hand while operating a Steinemann printing press. | |||||
| 2015-06-04 | Carol Stream | Illinois | American Litho, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was "webbing" a printing press when two of the employee's left-hand fingers got pinched by a unit roller. | |||||
| 2015-04-21 | Chicago | Illinois | American Labelmark Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 21, 2015, an employee operating a printing press sustained an injury to the right ring finger while attempting to clear a jam resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2015-04-08 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Bancroft Bag INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing a printing press gear that was located in front of a gear that runs an ink roller. While performing this task, employees do not de-energize the ink roller gear because the ink will dry up. The employee's finger got caught between the gear being removed and the ink roller gear. The employee's left index finger was amputated, and two other fingers were injured. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | Montgomeryville | Pennsylvania | MID-ATLANTIC PACKAGING, INC. | Arm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee got his arm stuck in a printing press. | |||||
| 2015-03-26 | Lyndhurst | New Jersey | Omega Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right index finger was crushed between printing press rollers. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | Hutchins | Texas | Staples Print Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee's fingertip was amputated while cleaning a printing press roller. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Marion | Ohio | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his right ring finger while adjusting the platen on the 7202 printing press. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Abilene | Texas | Scripps NP Operating, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On January 8, 2015, an Abilene Reporter-News employee was working with the large printing press in the company's press room. He stuck his hand into the roller system and had the skin on his right hand removed ("gloved") by the machine. The employee was taken to Hendricks Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, where he was awaiting surgical intervention. | |||||