| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Columbus | Oh | Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On November 17, 2021, an employee was attempting to clean glue off a laminating machine roller. The employee's hand became caught in the roller, resulting in burns and fractures to the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2021-11-16 | Lebanon | Oh | PFB. Manufacturing. LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A temporary employee was putting scrap foam on a conveyor system. The employee noted a piece of scrap in the conveyor shaft area. As the employee reached into the shaft area, the employee's right arm was pulled into the roller and fractured. The conveyor shaft area was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Sheboygan | Wi | Torginol, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a paint conveyor belt when they were pulled into the conveyor belt and 20-inch rollers. The employee was hospitalized with 11 broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Alma | Ga | Beach Timber Co., Inc. | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was straightening boards being fed into an edger. He reached to straighten a board and tripped the electric eye, which shut the machine down. The roller came down and pinned the employee's right arm causing damage to the soft tissue on the forearm. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Carol Stream | Il | Pregis | Finger(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. | |||||
| 2021-11-13 | South Charleston | Wv | Michaels Stores Inc | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a manual roller conveyor to unload stock when the conveyor shifted and the employee fell 3 feet onto their right side, resulting in a fractured right femur and hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Ocala | Fl | Cardinal 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. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Denver | Co | PROTECTO WRAP | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to adjust the position of cardboard cores on a wrapping machine when their right arm was pulled into the machine and their forearm was crushed between the rollers. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-11-07 | Chicago | Il | Ground Services International (GSI) Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was on a trailer pulling a pallet towards a K-loader when his foot rolled under the pallet and was pinned between the pallet and a roller. The employee's ankle was broken in three places. | |||||
| 2021-11-07 | Chicago | Il | FedEx Ground | Finger(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. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | Mesquite | Tx | Ashley Furniture | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was wrapping product as it moved down a conveyor. Her left hand contacted the conveyor; a sensor detected it and caused the conveyor to move. Her hand was caught between the conveyor and the roller, causing multiple fractures to the hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2021-11-02 | Andalusia | Al | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee cleared a jam in the heat set on a machine. The employee removed the lock out device and energized the machine. The employee then removed the guard to adjust a belt. The belt started moving and when the employee reached for a tool his right hand was caught in the heat set roller, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-01 | Dalton | Ga | ANCI, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on the fabric rolling machine located at the slitter station. He attempted to remove a wrinkle in the fabric roll he was making and his arm was pulled into the machine between the fabric roll being made and the press roller, resulting in friction burns. | |||||
| 2021-10-30 | Montgomeryville | Pa | Skyline Emissions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A machine operator was feeding wire into a plate bending machine when their right hand made contact with in-running rollers resulting in crushing injuries that led to surgical amputation of the second and third digit fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Lakeland | Fl | PEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was cleaning out the crumb tray of a dough divider machine when his finger became caught in a conveyor roller/belt. The employee sustained a broken finger and lacerations, which required stitches. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Kissimmee | Fl | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was making adjustments to a conveyor when their arms were pulled into the conveyor rollers, resulting in fractures to both arms that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Kent | Oh | ModWash LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to fix a jammed roller on a conveyor in the carwash when their right middle, ring, and little fingers were caught in a sprocket, resulting in amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-26 | Hammond | La | Masterliner Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a nip roller machine when their right foot became caught in the machine, resulting an a toe amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-26 | Port Charlotte | Fl | Martinez Lawn Service, Inc. | Head and neck | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee was putting rubber track that came off back onto a skid steer roller with the assistance of a pry bar. When the skid steer moved, the pry bar struck the employee on the face and neck. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Beaver Dam | Wi | Mittera Wisconsin, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a damper roller when his right hand was caught in a pinch point between rollers, resulting in a degloving that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Onalaska | Wi | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee opened a roller grill cabinet door to retrieve soup cups. After they removed the soup cups, they turned and fell over the door, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Vidalia | Ga | Giro Pack, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was loading wooden crates with supplies. The crate had a crack in one of its wooden planks. While the crate was moving on rollers, the employee's right index finger was lacerated by the cracked piece of wood, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-24 | West Jefferson | Oh | Torrid LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 24, 2021, at approximately 8:45 a.m., a section of the belly pan of a conveyor was removed to inspect the snubber roller. The injured employee began to inspect the roller when their left hand was caught between the snubber roller and the conveyor belt while the conveyor was in operation, resulting in an abrasion, contusion, and crushing injury to their left hand and arm. | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | New Windsor | Ny | Metal Container Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were performing a coil change operation in the front end of a lubricator. The aluminum coil bunched up while the two employees were performing the coil change and jammed the machine as it was being fed through the rollers. The employees then had to reverse the machine to get the aluminum coil out of the machine. One employee was operating the controls while the injured employee was helping feed the aluminum coil. As the machine was put into reverse, the injured employee had his han | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | Lake Mary | Fl | All States Lighting Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was coming down in his basket after working on a light pole when a tree branch hit his up controller causing the bucket to jolt and throw him out of the bucket and onto the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung as well as a fractured foot and leg. | |||||
| 2021-10-20 | Fairless Hills | Pa | Tavo Packaging, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping a co-worker move an anilox roller that was about 51 inches long and 300 pounds. The roller was being moved with a hangar and hoist onto a cart. While moving the anilox roller, the hangar slipped and the anilox roller fell onto the employee's left hand, resulting in a crush injury to the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-18 | Bridgeton | Mo | VERIPAC, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was cleaning extruder rollers when his left forearm was pinned and crushed. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-10-17 | Mcpherson | Ks | Johns Manville | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a roller. As he tried to cut a paper inside it, his right arm was caught in the conveyor belt and broken. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Fort Lupton | Co | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's left hand was caught between a mill's spindle shaft and an input roller when the spindle shaft activated, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger at the last joint, as well as crush injuries to their middle finger and thumb. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Leicester | Ny | Seneca Foods Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's arm was caught in a conveyor roller and broken. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-12 | Russells Point | Oh | HONDA TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 12, 2021, an employee was reaching to retrieve a dropped bolt starter, which had landed in a tray under the rollers on an assembly line. The rollers caught the employee's bangs and removed skin from the employee's hair line to below the nose. | |||||
| 2021-10-11 | East Peoria | Il | Liebovich Bros., Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On October 11, 2021, an employee was using a magnet to load a piece of 3/8-inch material onto the entry rollers of a machine. The load fell off the magnet and onto the employee's left foot, breaking multiple toes. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-09 | Tulsa | Ok | Berry Global, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to pull trim on rollers. His left wrist and fingers were pinched by the edge rollers, causing fractures to the wrist, the little finger, and the ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Wellston | Oh | General Mills | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning the pizza topping machine using a scrubbing pad when their right hand was pulled into a running conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a broken right hand. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Forest Park | Ga | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting in putting a chain back on the roller of a standup forklift. When the chain moved, the employee's gloved hand got caught in the chain, resulting in amputation of the right little finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Middletown | Ny | Genpak, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning a printer when his right hand was caught between two rollers. He suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Ovid | Ny | Seneca Stone Corporation | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
| An employee was operating a roller along the shoulder of a road to cone off a work area when they were struck from behind by a tractor trailer, resulting in orbital bone fractures, a broken collar bone, increased cranial pressure, spinal fractures, and respiratory problems. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Greensboro | Nc | U.S. Postal Service | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was on top of a conveyor clearing a jam. A moving roller amputated their arm. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Fairburn | Ga | C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
| An employee had just stepped down from the roller he was operating to look at the back of it. His right foot was run over by a roller. His little toe was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Lawrence | Ks | LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a trim machine. The roller pulled in the employee's right hand and amputated the index finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Omaha | Ne | KELLOGG COMPANY | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a step ladder to access a conveyor belt 10 feet above the floor. He lost his footing on the ladder, reached out to grab something stable, and grabbed the tension roller. The running belt pulled his right hand and forearm in between the tensioner and the belt, causing a compound fracture to the humerus and radius. | |||||
| 2021-09-18 | South Plainfield | Nj | Keystone Plastics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's finger was caught between the crimping rollers on the extrusion line while removing a jam, resulting in an amputation and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-09-18 | Dalton | Ga | Engineered Floors, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On September 18, 2021, at approximately 11:08 PM, a maintenance employee was repairing a heatset tunnel exit roller. The rubberized coating on the exit roller ruptured, blowing pressurized steam and hot water onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns to the left arm, abdomen, and back. | |||||
| 2021-09-16 | Meridian | Id | YMC, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a bead roller machine to make a bead in a round piece of metal duct when their left middle and ring fingers got caught in a pinch point on the rollers resulting in the loss of soft tissue and a fragment of bone. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Sheridan | Ar | Signode Multi-wall Division | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to remove excess glue from a roller on the top of a compression belt on a panel line. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which pulled back the skin on the back of her hand. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Guntersville | Al | Specialty Matboard Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was standing in front of a machine when his hand got caught in the machine's rollers. The employee sustained broken bones and nerve damage. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Pittsburgh | Pa | U.S. Postal Service | Hand(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was changing the arm controller tensioner on a machine. As he pulled his right hand back, it struck a guard, which lacerated the back of the hand. | |||||
| 2021-09-11 | Fargo | Nd | Cardinal IG | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was observing while glass was being put on a conveyor on the ingoing side of a washer. The employee's left hand was pulled into a conveyor roller. His index and middle fingers were severely broken, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Cuddy | Pa | Edwin Bell Cooperage Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating a rotary die cutter when it jammed due to scraps that built up. The employee manually turned the roller backward to remove the jam. His big toe was caught between the roller and the die board. The employee sustained a laceration, fracture, and amputation of the big toe. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Mansfield | Mo | CarbonCycle LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was watching an oven roller as part of the manufacturing process when their right index finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Wentzville | Mo | Warren County Concrete | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 9/08/2021, a concrete truck driver was repairing a rear light approximately 7-8 feet above the ground. He lost his grip and his hand got caught between the roller and the drum. He lost a fingernail and required amputation to the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Caledonia | Oh | Morral Companies, LLC | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing springs on a pallet labeler when his foot got caught in the pallet rollers on the line. The employee sustained fractures to his foot and toes. | |||||
| 2021-09-03 | Batesville | Ms | Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting an applicator roller on a can printer. The roller activated and pulled in the employee's right hand. The skin was torn off the hand and palm and the little finger was crushed. | |||||
| 2021-09-03 | Coatesville | Pa | Cleveland-Cliffs Plate LLC DBA ArcelorMittal | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was operating a jib boom with an aluminum hand controller. The controller shocked the employee. | |||||
| 2021-09-03 | Coatesville | Pa | Cleveland - Cliffs Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a jib crane to move a pallet of brick into a ladle. The pendant controller shocked him. He was unable to release his right hand from the controller and slowly fell to the floor of the concrete platform, suffering a chipped bone in the left shoulder and a sprained right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Birmingham | Al | Alabama Metal Industries Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pushing expanded metal material through a leveler when the glove on their left hand became caught on rollers. Three left hand fingers were crushed in the rollers. The employee required medical amputation of the index finger to the proximal joint and amputation of the middle finger to the middle joint. The left ring finger and thumb were lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Springdale | Oh | TREW, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was installing a conveyor belt. While he was under it, the conveyor roller pulled in his safety vest and left arm. The arm was broken. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | West Chicago | Il | Alpha Coating Technologies, LLC- PPG West Chicago | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 31, 2021, an employee was running an extruder. As the employee used a metal spatula to scrape built-up extrudate from the chill knife, he lost his balance and his little finger was caught in the rollers. The fingertip was degloved. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | Amarillo | Tx | Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was installing a roll of tape on a strip roller machine. Their right middle finger was caught and amputated in the machine when it cycled. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | Jefferson City | Mo | MIDWEST BLOCK AND BRICK | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| A temporary employee was sorting/stacking blocks on the conveyor line. A chunk of concrete got stuck between the conveyor and a dead roller. The employee went to remove the chunk of concrete. | |||||
| 2021-08-30 | Batavia | Il | SD Wheel Corp. | Multiple face locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was dismounting returned mounted wheel and tire packages. A tire/wheel assembly was secured on the mounting machine, and the employee was trying to engage the bead roller when it struck his face. He suffered a broken tooth, a closed fracture, and a laceration to the lip. | |||||
| 2021-08-30 | Valley | Ne | Midwest Manufacturing Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employees had been replacing a conveyor roller. When the conveyor was restarted, an employee's gloves were caught in the chain resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-08-29 | Glendale Heights | Il | Pro-Troop LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 29, 2021, an employee was cleaning dough from the roller of a chunker hopper. As he was removing a piece of dough, his left hand was caught by a roller of the chunker machine. He suffered an amputation of the index finger, as well as crushing injuries to the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2021-08-27 | Huntington | Wv | Engines, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was lifting a steel flat bar onto rollers to straighten it. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a roller and the bar, causing an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-08-27 | Swainsboro | Ga | Faircloth Forest Products Inc | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee stood on the edge of a conveyor to view a jam. When he stepped back down, his left foot slipped and got caught in a roller on the conveyor, resulting in amputation below the knee. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-08-25 | Brownville | Ny | Neenah Northeast, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unjamming a roller from a paper machine. The employee pushed on the roller to remove a roll of splice tape that was preventing it from ejecting and caught his right ring finger between the roller shaft and the machine frame. He suffered a crushed fingertip, which was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Shiner | Tx | Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a ring roller machine. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which lacerated her fingers and broke her thumb. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Dalton | Ga | Sheroki - North America | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was verifying that the extrusion was feeding correctly when the glove on their left hand was pulled into the extrusion rollers resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-08-19 | Chicago | Il | Mars Wrigley Confectionary US, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on a portable stair platform, using a flashlight to see if there was a water leak under a conveyor. Her left lower arm was caught between the conveyor belt and a roller. She suffered three fractures to the lower left arm between the wrist and elbow. | |||||
| 2021-08-19 | Holcomb | Ks | Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt roller when their right thumb was pinched and amputated by the roller. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Houston | Tx | Ceres Environmental | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was standing on the top of a grinder when it activated. Its feed wheel roller engaged and pinned the employee to a mill box, crushing the employee's abdomen. | |||||
| 2021-08-16 | Rogers | Ar | Preformed Line Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a forming machine when her fingers contacted the rollers that pull wire through the machine, resulting in a pinched ring finger and injuries to the little finger that required amputation down to the middle phalange. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-08-13 | West Chicago | Il | DS Containers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a printing roller when his index and middle fingers were pinched between two rollers. The index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-12 | Franklin Park | Il | Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drawing bench. The rollers caught the employee's shirt, then the glove on his right hand. The rollers then pulled in his hand, breaking four fingers. | |||||
| 2021-08-10 | Denver | Co | US Mix Product Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was removing a broken bag from a conveyor belt. The employee's left hand was pinched between a gravity roller and the powered belt and the employee suffered amputations to the little, ring, and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2021-08-08 | Tecumseh | Ks | Futamura USA, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee had climbed onto a machine platform and gotten down on his hands and knees to look for the cause of a defect in film that was running on a slitting machine. He slipped and his left hand went into the machine, where it was caught between a roller and a bar. He suffered broken tendons in the hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | Houston | Tx | PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS INC. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a reroller machine. The employee's right forearm was pulled into the dies and fractured. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2021-08-03 | Griffin | Ga | American Step Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam in a machine. The machine's rollers caught his right hand and crushed the tip of his little finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-31 | Watertown | Ny | Johnson Newspaper Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding paper into a folder mechanism on a press and adjusting the tension in preparation for the evening press run. The employee's left little finger got caught in the rollers. As the employee attempted to pull their left hand out, their right hand was caught in the roller resulting in an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Louisburg | Ks | Superior Bowen | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trying to clean a roller with a spud hoe. The hoe struck the employee, lacerating his face and breaking two ribs. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Clearwater | Fl | Monin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working drilling holes to mount a controller box to a running conveyor belt. The employee was checking for metal edges or burr when his left middle finger got caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Farmers Branch | Tx | Tuesday Morning Partners, Ltd. | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was standing at a roller conveyor when it started up. The employee's gloved hand was caught in a roller. The employee suffered a degloving injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Kaukauna | Wi | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was wrapping finished rolls of paper when their right leg became caught in a gap between the platform and the wrap machine's roller, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Magnolia | Ar | HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a board in a planer machine. The machine's roller crushed his right hand, breaking the wrist and amputating a finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Red Bay | Al | Gates Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| A maintenance employee was replacing a roller adjuster on a piece of equipment and was attempting to remove a bearing from the left side of a solid steel shaft. The right end of the shaft slipped out of its bearing and dropped suddenly. The left end of the shaft then moved in an upward direction and pinched his left thumb between the bearing and the machine frame, resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Ocala | Fl | Chewy, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was assisting a new employee when her right hand was caught in the powered conveyor rollers resulting in a friction burn and internal damage that required surgery to her right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-15 | Cincinnati | Oh | Schlage Lock Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| The injured employee was changing a coil on a coil threader. As the employee walked toward the machine, his right leg contacted a compressed air line that was mounted to the side of the machine, causing him to fall toward drive rollers on the flex line coil threader. As he fell, his right hand entered the machine's point of operation. The employee suffered injuries that required the surgical amputation of the right index finger and ring finger, and a partial amputation of the right middle finger | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Sparta | Wi | Century Foods International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On 7/13/2021, an employee was carrying a conveyor roller while walking backward on a catwalk. The employee missed a step while going down the stairs, causing the employee to fall backward. The roller came down onto the employee's fifth digit on the right hand crushing it against the catwalk decking and fracturing it. | |||||
| 2021-07-10 | Rheems | Pa | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam in a pellet mill. A portion of the mill was still cycling and the rollers caught the employee's right hand. The index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-08 | Billings | Mt | United States Bakery | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning dough from the sheeter when their right hand was caught between the rollers. Their hand and fingers were crushed. | |||||
| 2021-07-04 | Newark | Nj | Allied Extruders, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding film into a separator machine when their hand got caught in the rollers, resulting in the removal of skin from their fingers and hand. | |||||
| 2021-07-01 | Russellville | Al | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was washing the shoulder skin machine and was removing a piece of meat stuck in the roller. Her left little finger was caught in the rotating roller and amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Helena | Mt | Woody's Car Wash | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee was drying vehicles as they came out of the car wash. His foot slipped into a hole at the end of the track where the roller goes back down. The roller amputated his right leg under the kneecap. | |||||
| 2021-06-26 | Keystone | Co | Keystone Ski Resort | Thigh(s) | Pedal cycle collision in roadway |
| A bike patroller was inspecting a trail while on a mountain bike. The bike hit a rock and the bike patroller fell off and landed on another rock. He sustained a fractured right femur that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Lancaster | Pa | Goodhart Sons, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting in feeding a piece of steel into a forming machine when his right hand got caught between the steel and a forming roller, resulting in partial amputations of all fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Dansville | Ny | LMC Industrial Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was deburring a metal beam with a hand scraper. During the de-burring process, the steel beam material was advanced by the CNC machine, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the bottom of the beam and the top of a roller. The employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-21 | Dalton | Ga | Engineered Floors, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Trip on uneven surface without fall |
| An employee was looking for defects in a carpet while standing on the floor between a catwalk and the exit roller of a tufting machine. He stepped backward and tripped on the edge of the catwalk, grabbing onto the exit roller of the machine with his left hand in order to catch himself. While doing so, his left index finger went into the keyway hole on the rotating exit roller, which caused his left index finger to be lacerated. | |||||