| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-08 | Clearwater | Fl | ES Investments, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running parts through a stamping press. The employee attempted to clear something stuck in the press when their left hand became caught in the press, resulting in an injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Mount Union | Pa | Bonney Forge Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stamping part nomenclature on metal elbows. The employee's right index finger was caught between the part and the die, and the fingertip was amputated by the stamping machine. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Spring Valley | Il | Riverfront Stamping LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 18, 2021, an employee was stamping a metal piece on a press. As he was retrieving the piece, the press came down and crushed his middle finger. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-16 | Ormond Beach | Fl | Hudson Tool & Die Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a hydraulic press metal stamping machine when his left-hand fingers contacted the stamping die at the point of operation, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
| 2020-05-11 | Libertyville | Illinois | Laser Precision LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a foot-actuated stamping press when she lost her balance and leaned forward. Her hand then entered the point of operation while the actuating pedal was being pressed. The press crushed her left pinky finger, resulting in an amputation at or just above the distal joint. | |||||
| 2020-05-04 | Malden | Massachusett | SAMTAN ENGINEERING CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was manufacturing 4-foot-long pieces of strip metal into cable hangers. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the stamping press. The fingertip was amputated just below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-03-23 | Orlando | Florida | ADVANCED ROOFING, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a spudbar/tamping bar to remove asphalt insulation roofing material. As he lifted the bar, his right little finger was caught between it and the metal handlebar of a piece of nearby roofing equipment. The finger was lacerated and broken. | |||||
| 2019-06-01 | Port Chester | New York | Neri's Bakery Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing dough caught in the stamping station of a roll-making machine. The machine caught his right hand, amputating the little finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-14 | Terrell | Texas | Madix, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was bending (stamping) a part when her hand entered the die. The die came down and caught her hand between it and the press. She suffered four broken fingers. | |||||
| 2019-03-25 | Verona | Mississippi | MTD Consumer Group INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| A press operator was helping to change out a press stamping die. The die was rolled from the press and onto a cart; the press operator's left ring finger was pinched between the die and the cart, sustaining a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Kansas City | Kansas | VVF Kansas Services LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a soap stamping machine. The stamper cycled crushing his right hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-02-08 | Dallas | Pennsylvania | Pennmark Technologies Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a stamping die and crushed his fingers in the machine resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-02-05 | Columbia Station | Ohio | Triad Capital Group, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 5, 2019, an employee's middle and ring finger tips were amputated while retrieving a part from a stamping press. | |||||
| 2019-01-30 | Atlanta | Georgia | Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading a coil in the metal stamping press when his left middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial amputation to his finger (distal portion). | |||||
| 2019-01-10 | Covington | Georgia | Guardian Automotive Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee put a repaired motor back on a stamping press and was turning the belts to make sure they were all lined up in the groove. His hand became caught between the motor pulley and belt. He sustained a crushing injury with an open distal phalanx fracture and a nail and nailbed injury to the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-09-09 | West Jefferson | Ohio | Jefferson Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to straighten out the material on a stamping press when a sensor was tripped, causing the automatic clamping/straightening action of the press to activate. The movement caused an amputation of a finger on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | Forrest City | Arkansas | Mestek Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a stamping press that had locked up. The employee was using a hydraulic jack and a make-shift tool to push the frame upwards. The pressure from the jack released causing the employee to be struck and thrown backwards about 10 feet. The employee's arm was also caught. The employee sustained broken bones. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Kellyton | Alabama | Wellington Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a stamping press and amputated his right thumb. | |||||
| 2018-05-16 | Schiller Park | Illinois | Midland Stamping and Fabricating Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a forklift to support a stamping die set so he could clean underneath the suspended load. His hand was under the 4,000-pound die set when it slipped and trapped his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-02-02 | Warren | Pennsylvania | Superior Tire & Rubber Corp. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A welder employee was stamping a part number onto the metal rim of a tire with a metal stamp and carbon steel hammer. When the employee struck the metal stamp with the hammer, the hammer shattered and shrapnel struck the employee in the midsection. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the metal pieces. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Knowlton Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a metal stamping press. The employee's right hand was in the point of operation when the press engaged, amputating the index fingertip and damaging the middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-10-18 | Edgerton | Ohio | Matsu Ohio, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 18, 2017, an employee was attempting to retrieve a jammed part near the point of operation on a stamping press when his left fourth finger made contact with the tooling and was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-10-03 | Euless | Texas | FINE LINE PRODUCTION | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a metal stamping press to manufacture a wheel-balancer when the employee's left hand became trapped and amputated in the press. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Jamestown | New York | National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a stamping press and caught their fingers in a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip and a fractured left thumb. | |||||
| 2017-09-07 | Dunkirk | New York | Dunkirk Metal Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was aligning a coil to the guiderails of a mechanical power press' stamping die when the press cycled. The press came down and pinched the employee's left index finger, which had to be medically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a head stamping machine when it jammed. As the employee attempted to unjam the machine, it crushed and amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | Crystal City | Texas | Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working with a four man crew to remove and replace rotted electrical poles outside. He had been digging, tamping, pushing, pulling, and setting poles when he became ill and slouched over. He was hospitalized for multiple heat-related illnesses. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | Buford | Georgia | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The injured employee (Operator 1) was assisting another employee (Operator 2) in die stamping operations at the press. Operator 1 was standing at the press and to the inside of the light curtains installed at the press, but was not in an area that triggered the light curtains to work (i.e. the light curtains did not extend all the way to the die bed of the press). Operator 2 triggered the press to cycle and Operator 1's right hand was in the press and caught by the upper die. As he stepped back | |||||
| 2017-02-16 | Winder | Georgia | Price Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was changing the tool in a CNC stamping machine when the tool fell and smashed the employee's left pinky fingertip, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-01-07 | Avon | Ohio | L & W Engineering Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On January 7, 2017, an employee was operating an overhead crane to lower a section of tooling into a stationary stamping die. He leaned on the stationary stamping die to ensure that the tooling was lined up. As he lowered the tooling, his left fingertip was caught and partially amputated in the opening/pinch point. | |||||
| 2016-09-28 | Moraine | Ohio | Ernst Metal Technologies LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| While doing preventative maintenance on a stamping press, an employee's right index finger was caught and partially amputated in the door's chain and sprocket. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Jacksonville | Florida | Florida Metal Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting a metal piece into the die area of the stamping machine when the machine cycled and crushed her left hand. The press guard was in place at the time. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Tyrone | Georgia | U.S. MACHINE & TOOL, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a press brake machine, stamping and bending parts, when his right thumb was caught and amputated in the machine. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | San Antonio | Texas | Arvin Sango, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running products and laying parts down for sensors to operate. The employee stood a part up, which bypassed the sensors. Four parts were in the catcher and one was being crushed in the machine. The employee attempted to pull the part out and his ring finger was amputated by the stamping machine's lock seamer. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Kansas City | Missouri | Milbank Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 3, 2016, at 1:15 AM, an employee was operating a part revolution stamping press when her right middle and ring fingertips were amputated at the nailbed. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | Jacksonville | Alabama | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stamping metal using a press and amputated the pad of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2016-06-02 | Monroe | Wisconsin | ORCHID MONROE, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At 11:20 a.m., on June 2, 2016, an employee was attempting to adjust the air flow of the stamping press when his right little finger was caught in the press bumper that is used to stop the die from bottoming out. His finger was surgically amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-02-25 | Saint Louis | Missouri | EBCO PRODUCTS CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On 2/25/16, a powered industrial truck was moving a punch press (steel stamping machine) when the press fell on top of an employee working in the area. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm. | |||||
| 2015-11-19 | Dallas | Texas | Wellmark International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a stamping machine and suffered the amputation of the left frontal oblique, fourth digit. | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | Orlando | Florida | Rehrig Pacific Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a stamping machine and got his right hand caught in the stamper. The employee was hospitalized on 11/18/2015 and underwent surgery to repair fractures on two fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | Cranston | Rhode Island | Antaya Technologies Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove scrap material from the stamping press. The injured employee's hand got caught in the material, and the right-hand middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | South Elgin | Illinois | Custom Aluminum Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A temporary employee was running normal production operations on a stamping press. The employee hand-fed extruded aluminum pieces into the point-of-operation with actuation controlled by two-hand controls located at shoulder height. The employee cycled the press, and once the cycle completed he removed the punched part. Subsequently, he put new blank into the point-of-operation and at that time, without manual actuation, the ram drifted from its top-stop and came down while both of his hands wer | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Scottsboro | Alabama | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting the machine operator in setting up the stamping machine. The machine cycled fracturing and lacerating the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Qualtek Manufacturing | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a metal stamping furnace and was struck by the metal furnace door, breaking ribs on both sides of the torso. | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | Franklin Park | Illinois | Bethlehem Industries, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left thumb got pinched in the stamping die of a punch press. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | San Antonio | Texas | 1st Option Satffing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a 110 ton seat belt stamping press. She was manually lubricating the die when the press hit the bottle and pulled her hand into the press amputating part of her right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-29 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Judds Brothers Construction Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placed his right hand on top of a the cylinder of a tamping machine. The tamper came down onto the cylinder, pinching his right little finger and causing an injury that required the amputation of a portion of the right little finger. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | Kinsman | Ohio | Bayloft Stamped Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a part in a metal stamping die press and once the part was dislodged, it fell onto the employee's left ring finger causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | El Paso | Texas | Elwood Staffing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee had three fingers crushed and one amputated on a stamping machine. The machine's point of operation was not safeguarded at the time. | |||||