| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Denver | Co | Granite World of Colorado LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was about to clean a 2,500-pound part from a CNC router. A forklift was preparing to lift the part so its underside could be cleaned. As the forklift adjusted position, it knocked over the part, which tipped onto the employee's leg below the knee. The employee's leg was crushed. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Archbold | Oh | Short's Custom Woodworking, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On September 13, 2021, an employee was checking the depth of a plug-in electric router when their left hand contacted a bit on the router, resulting in a partial amputation of the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-13 | Fort Smith | Ar | TEC Staffing Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using an air gun to blow saw dust off wood when his hand contacted the router bit on the machine, resulting in a left thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-09 | Rantoul | Il | Jeld-Wen, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At about 9:00 a.m. on August 9, 2021, an employee was running a wooden stile through a router when its blade lacerated her right middle finger. Part of the fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Chillicothe | Tx | US Cellular | Leg(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was removing a squirrel's nest in order to install a router. The employee stepped down from the ladder to the ground and injured their right leg. The employee had surgery for fractured bones. | |||||
| 2021-01-07 | Cullman | Al | Cullman Cabinet & Supply Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a router machine when his left hand became caught in the machine, resulting in partial amputations to three or four fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | Palmetto | Fl | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a 4-inch angle router to remove residual weld from a tooling-removal area on an aluminum ring. The angle router kicked and its blade came into contact with a finger on the employee's left hand, causing an open fracture. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Akron | Oh | Bath Manor Special Care Centre | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a router to complete the assembly of a picnic table for staff use when his finger got caught in the blade, resulting in amputation of a left-hand fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-06-18 | Garland | Texas | JELD-WEN, Inc. | Skull | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a CNC router machine when the machine cycled and his head was pinched. The employee sustained a fractured skull. | |||||
| 2020-06-02 | Hazelwood | Missouri | GKN AEROSPACE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger while changing a bit on a router machine. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | Denver | Colorado | Denver Center for the Performing Arts | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a router to duplicate chair parts in plywood. She was feeding the corner of the material into the spinning bit when the bit grabbed the material and spun it out of her control. She suffered a deep laceration to the left index finger. | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | CFG Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a router when his left hand was caught in the machine, amputating his two middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Lakeland | Florida | High Tech Granite Incorporated | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a router with a diamond bit to cut a granite slab. While the tool was running, the diamond outer shell broke and a piece of the broken router bit struck another employee in the eye. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | Ashland | New Hampshir | Rochester Shoe Tree Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with a router, rounding the corners of boards. The employee's push stick got hung up. As he attempted to free it, his finger was caught in the router blade and the right middle fingertip was amputated from mid-nail. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Brewton | Alabama | Fronteir Technologies Brewton LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a CNC wood router table. As he reached for a loose piece of wood, his hand was struck by the router bit resulting in the amputation of his right pinky finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Danville | Arkansas | Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a router machine mounted to the table. As he was pushing the wood, the router kicked back and his left ring finger contacted the blade resulting in amputation of the employee's left ring finger at the nail bed. | |||||
| 2019-04-03 | Wichita | Kansas | Textron Aviation | Pelvis | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a router machine and got caught between two tables on the router machine resulting in a pelvic injury. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Arlington | Texas | Smalley & Associates | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a 4x8 piece of laminate on a router. The laminate fell; the employee reached over, picked it up, and suffered an amputation to the right little fingertip from the router. | |||||
| 2018-09-20 | Rosenberg | Texas | Benedettini Cabinetry | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was helping to install routers under a table when the on switch was hit, causing the router to start and lacerate the employee from the wrist to the upper forearm. The router was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | Van Wert | Ohio | Braun Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was installing new spoil boards on a router. The vacuum actuated, and the employee's finger was crushed between two boards. He suffered a partial finger amputation with no bone loss. | |||||
| 2018-07-26 | Birmingham | Alabama | Dongalen Enterprises Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a router when his hand slipped and his right index finger was caught in the router blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Vero Beach | Florida | Piper Aircraft, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was operating a handheld router when a metal chip went up her nose and lodged into her throat, requiring hospitalization and surgery. A face shield was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Denver | Colorado | Quickdrain USA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning off the cutting area around a router machine when the router bit partially amputated his fingertip. The router was running and guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-05-28 | Hiram | Georgia | Dallas Mill Work | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was coping an SDL bar on a fixed router table. The tip of his left little finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-05-28 | Orlando | Florida | SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a router table. The router bit amputated about 3/4 inches of the employee's right middle finger and lacerated two other fingers. | |||||
| 2018-05-11 | Dayton | Ohio | Hueston Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 11, 2018, an employee was helping another employee load panels onto a CNC router. He had just placed two panels on the vacuum work station when his right hand entered the running tool cutter, amputating his middle and ring fingers. The tool cutter was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-04-24 | Portsmouth | Ohio | Appalachian Wood Floors | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a shaper machine (table mounted router) when the employee's hand slipped and went into the bit resulting in amputation of skin on the left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-26 | Largo | Florida | Masonite | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing tools on a router when his left hand was caught and partially amputated by the router head. The router was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-10-09 | Lenexa | Kansas | ZL Plastics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clean the head of a router machine when the blade amputated his left index finger and broke his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Orlando | Florida | Regal Marine Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a router when his right index finger became caught in the router, amputating and fracturing his distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | Lebanon | Missouri | MARINE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a table router to trim a part when their finger was pulled into the blade resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Saginaw | Texas | Universal Forest Products | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting pieces of wood with an under-mounted table top router and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | Chicago | Illinois | Mr. David's Flooring International, LLC | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee injured his right hand when it was caught in the moving parts of a router during flooring installation. | |||||
| 2016-10-24 | Hannibal | Missouri | Park Place Sign Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a router when his hand slipped and contacted the machine, amputating his middle finger and lacerating his index finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Selinsgrove | Pennsylvania | Icon Legacy Custom Modular Homes LLC | Brain | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a router. When he bent over to look at the router, his hair was caught in the router. The router pulled him in, and his face slammed into an angle iron frame. He suffered head trauma and face lacerations, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-17 | Sussex | Wisconsin | The Prestwick Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about August 17, 2016, an employee was using a router when the piece slipped and amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-05-17 | West Springfield | Massachusett | Springfield Lumber Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left hand was caught in a table router/notcher while the employee was pushing lumber into the machine, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-28 | River Falls | Wisconsin | O'Keefe Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 28, 2016, at 1:20 PM, an employee was using a router table to notch several small pieces of wood. The employee was moving the pieces of wood from left to right. The wood kicked back, allowing the employee's fingers to enter the bit. | |||||
| 2016-03-07 | Dfw Airport | Texas | NOW SPECIALTIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a router to cut a groove in a panel when his index finger went into the opening on the router. The bit pulled his glove in and his right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-02-25 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee amputated the left middle fingertip while operating a hand held router. | |||||
| 2016-01-06 | Osseo | Wisconsin | SourceCut Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On 01/06/2015, an employee was manually feeding a work piece into a tabletop-mounted router to remove material/shape the edges of the triangular shaped work piece, which was 5-inches long by 2-inches tall. The work piece momentarily became stuck on debris that surrounded the router bit and then unexpectedly moved toward the bit, which caused the employee's right thumb/hand to go beneath the machine guard. The router bit partially amputated the employee's right thumb, removing the skin on the thu | |||||
| 2015-11-14 | Mobile | Alabama | US Outfitters, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee lost his balance while using a table router on wood trim. His hand came in contact with the cutter head, partially amputating his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-13 | Uhland | Texas | K & J Woodworks, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While pushing wood through a table-mounted, hand-held router, an employee's left-hand middle finger was cut by the router blade; the ring finger was also amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Orlando | Florida | Design Communications Limited | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On 10/23/205 a temporary employee was trimming aluminum material using an electric router. The router kicked back and amputated 1/4 inch of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2015-10-12 | Palm Coast | Florida | SEA RAY BOATS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had the flesh removed from the bottom of his right middle finger while using an unguarded table router. | |||||
| 2015-08-13 | Dallas | Texas | R Jones & Associates Inc | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was walking near the CNC router when his leg got caught between a moving table and the base of the router. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-21 | Vardaman | Mississippi | Furniture Wood, Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee got his left arm caught in the automatic router. | |||||
| 2015-06-10 | Elkton | Ohio | Federal Correctional Institution - Elkton | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An inmate working in the building trade program sustained an amputation of two fingers while using a table router. The inmate was hand feeding a wooden board through the router and his fingers contacted the rotating router blade. | |||||
| 2015-05-19 | Elgin | Illinois | COLONY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a CNC router with a coworker. The coworker activated the router, and the employee got caught between the table and the machine frame. The employee was standing on a safety mat that failed at the time of the accident. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Carrollton | Texas | Professional Plastics Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's right-hand fingertip was severed from the nail down after coming in contact with an unguarded router bit. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Berthoud | Colorado | Creative Foam Composite Systems | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 04/07/2015, an employee lost her right-hand, middle fingertip when she got her hand caught in a rotary press while processing a small piece of foam through the router table. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | Antioch | Illinois | Janis Plastics, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee running a CNC routing machine tried to manually push down a part that he thought was loose while the machine was cutting it. He got stuck between the moving arm where the router cuts and a stationary arch. He was pinched, fracturing two left ribs and his shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-03-25 | Park Falls | Wisconsin | SAUNDERS WOOD SPECIALTIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On 3/25/15, an employee received an amputation to the left index finger when the employee's glove came into contact with the moving router bit. | |||||
| 2015-02-18 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Gator Millworks, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was shaping a piece of wood with a router. When the employee lifted the guard on the router to shape the wood, the tip of his right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | West Caldwell | New Jersey | Burt Process Equipment Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employee's left thumb and finger were injured while using a router. | |||||