| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Apopka | Fl | Matthews International Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using an automatic pipe threading machine. He attached a 7-inch pipe to the other side of the elbow and started the machine. His right index fingertip was crushed between the pipe and the machine's left support arm. | |||||
| 2021-04-16 | Lewistown | Pa | Nittany Paper Mills Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was re-threading a paper converting machine at the embossing roller area. Their left hand became caught between the steel embossing roller and a rubber roller. The employee's left index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Pelham | Al | Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc. DBA Vulcan Steel Products. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a machine when it pulled in the employee's left hand, lacerating the palm. | |||||
| 2020-06-22 | Vineland | New Jersey | Northeast Precast | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was threading a steel cable through a stress head when it became obstructed. The employee looked in the equipment to see what the obstruction was when the tension released and the wire struck him in the eye. | |||||
| 2020-04-09 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Bingham Mechanical Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| While threading pipe, an employee's hand was pinched between a wrench and pipe threading, resulting in the partial amputation of a fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Filmtech Corp. | Brain | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was threading a production line with plastic. The employee's head was caught and injured between two rollers. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Warrensville Heights | Ohio | Heinen's Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a vacuum packaging line. While threading film through the machine, her left hand was pulled into the machine. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Blytheville | Arkansas | Lally Pipe & Tube | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading pipe on a machine with two separate clamps, one outside and one inside. The inner clamp closed on the employee's right little finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | VIMCO INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was threading wire into a wire drawing machine when his finger slipped as the machine was pulling the wire, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-21 | Erving | Massachusett | Erving Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 7/21/2019, an employee was threading a paper machine when their fingers got caught. The employee's left thumb, middle and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Hutchins | Texas | Newton Welding Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee was installing steel decking to the roof a warehouse while standing on a roof truss. The employee lost his footing and fell. He was wearing personal fall protection which included a full body harness, a D-ring extension, a retractable lanyard, and a beam anchor clamp. After falling approximately 21 feet, the retractable device caught and stopped his fall but then the D-ring extension’s threading failed and it broke. The employee then free-fell approximately 27 feet to the concrete fl | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Amcor South | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was threading the web on a coater machine. While verifying the tape on the silicon roll was under the web, the employee noticed contamination (scrap film) on the coater drum and attempted to remove it. The employee's left hand was caught in an ingoing nip point and was degloved. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Erie | Colorado | Crown Well Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was threading pipe that was chained to a winch when the chain lurched and caught four of the employee's left-hand fingers. The employee suffered four broken and de-gloved fingers. | |||||
| 2019-06-21 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Sofidel America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On June 21, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., an employee's right index fingertip came in contact with a sharp object while threading paper into the two-fold napkin machine causing an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2019-06-07 | Potsdam | New York | POTSDAM SPECIALTY PAPER, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a machine when his right arm was caught in a nip point between the drum reel and the spool. He suffered a crushing injury to the forearm and amputation of the ring and pinky fingers on the right hand. | |||||
| 2019-05-24 | Greenwich | New York | Hollingsworth & Vose Company | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was threading a 12" tail into the lead-out roll under the thru air dryer on a paper machine when the paper tail fell out. The employee went to manually tuck it into the nip point, and his right arm was drawn into the roller. He suffered a third degree burn to the right forearm that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-18 | Coosa Pines | Alabama | Resolute FP US Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was threading the pulp sheet machine when their left hand was caught in a pinch point resulting in a fractured hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Albertville | Alabama | Colormasters, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was threading a machine when his left thumb came in contact with a cutting blade, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-04-18 | Baker | Montana | WBI Energy | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was on a scissor lift using a manual 2-inch hand threader, threading a piece of pipe to put a valve on. He strained his back, suffering a herniated disk. | |||||
| 2019-04-02 | Janesville | Wisconsin | Siny Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a carding machine when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the threading rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-03-08 | Eastaboga | Alabama | Kronospan Laminates LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was re-threading a roll of paper at a paper treating line. His right forearm was caught and broken between two rollers moving in opposite directions. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Niles | Ohio | Niles Building Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was hand threading new material into a rolling mill when his glove got caught on the threaded material and pulled into the rollers causing a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-09-19 | Houston | Texas | TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a pipe on a CNC lathe. The machine activated while he was holding a piece of sand paper between the chuck and the pipe. His right middle finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-06 | Houston | Texas | Texas Tissue Converting LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading paper through a roller. As he tried to remove a piece of paper, the roll caught his hand and pulled it into the machine. His right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-29 | Elgin | Illinois | BURNDY LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 29, 2018, an employee was using a threading machine on a 1-inch by 10-inch steel pipe. The pipe holder actuated while the employee's right hand was on the pipe, crushing the employee's right index finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-23 | Norcross | Georgia | Novalex, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was threading paper on an inner folding machine's rollers. At the same time, another employee began turning the manual hand wheel to turn the rollers. The injured employee struggled to position the paper and reached around the vacuum drum to help thread the paper when his hand contacted the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The blade was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-02-17 | Augusta | Georgia | Graphic Packaging International, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were replacing a damaged fabric felt on the paper machine. As the felt was being pulled into position using a new piece of threading rope, the rope broke, wrapped around both of the employee's knees, and the end of the rope struck the back of his right leg causing a deep laceration. | |||||
| 2018-01-23 | Richardson | Texas | Zachry Construction Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was screwing a mechanical bar into rebar in concrete but was having trouble threading the bars. He used a drill to try to get the bar to go in, and caught the glove of another employee in the drill. This caused the injured employee's left hand to spin around breaking his left pinky and index fingers and dislocating his ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | SGL Carbon, LLC - Saint Marys | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing out a standard chuck and installing a collet chuck on a small twin spindle lathe. While attempting to take off the first chuck, the employee stepped on the foot pedal, which actuates the hydraulic draw tube and separates the chuck from the face plate. He placed his fingers between the chuck and face plate and attempted to unthread the chuck from the draw tube. While he was unthreading the chuck, the lathe was activated via the foot pedal. The chuck then drew back toward | |||||
| 2017-09-22 | Sapulpa | Oklahoma | PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A 9-inch joint of pipe was stuck crossways on top of the kicker and the conveyor system between the pipe threading machine and the coupling area. The injured employee was assisting another employee in clearing the jam and was struck by the pneumatic kicker that kicks the pipe up onto the conveyor. The employee suffered multiple rib fractures on the left side and a possible hernia. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Marcus Hook | Pennsylvania | Keystone Fire Protection Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a powered pipe threading machine when it amputated the employee's right middle finger at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-05-08 | Houston | Texas | Lincoln Manufacturing, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping an operator set up a pipe threading line. The employee was loosening a part on the pipe threading line when the set-up operator turned a switch on to move the pipe into a CNC machine. The CNC machine then amputated the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-06 | Massillon | Ohio | Fibercorr Mills | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 6, 2017, an employee was rethreading a paper roll when the employee's right arm was caught at the rotating paper reel. The employee suffered fractures to the right arm, collarbone, and a few ribs, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Riverdale | New Jersey | Camfil USA, Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading media through the rollers of the pleater machine and got his left hand caught between two rollers in the machine. The employee was hospitalized for a hand contusion. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Sofidel America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading stock into the core machine and suffered a partial amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Silsbee | Texas | Westrock | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a paper roll that was not moving. She went to the front of the roll to grab the tail. As she did so, her foot bumped the foot pedal and actuated the paper roll. The rolling mechanism then started up and her hand was caught in the middle and struck by the paper roll. Her left index, middle, and ring fingers were smashed, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Atlanta | Georgia | Advance Design and Packaging | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was threading paper into the hot plate section of the running corrugator. The employee's gloved left hand was pulled into the nip point, trapping his hand/arm between the corrugator belt and the hot plates resulting in burns to the employee's arm and hand. | |||||
| 2017-01-23 | Garland | Texas | Henry Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a pipe threading machine to attach a four-way coupling onto a threaded steel pipe. The employee used a pipe wrench to hold the coupling in place. When the pipe wrench was released from the coupling, the foot pedal was engaged and the pipe wrench came down and crushed the employee's fingertip, amputating it. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading bale wire through a paper scrap baler when the baler was activated. The employee's index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-09-15 | Austell | Georgia | Caraustar Mill Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was re-threading a portion of the re-winder machine when his left middle finger became caught in the machine, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Texas City | Texas | Total Safety U. S., Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was threading and preparing to install a fire water pipe when several employees began to experience respiratory irritation. A visible plume of hydrofluoric acid gas was in the vicinity. The crew began evacuating the unit and an employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2016-08-27 | Lyndhurst | New Jersey | SIGMA STRETCH FILM | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading plastic through a winder machine and amputated the middle and ring fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | Cameron | Louisiana | Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Construction Services, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a 2-inch screw pipe to remove a coupler. He used a pipe threading machine and pipe wrench to force the coupler to screw off. His right ring finger was pinched between the pipe wrench and the pipe threading machine, amputating his distal fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Tilden | Texas | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping a coworker change out a plug catcher. After re-inserting the screen, the employees attempted to attach the connection. As the connection cap was pushed forward to prepare it for threading, the loose bolts on the cap allowed for significant play and crushed the employee's left thumb between the cap and flange bolts. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-07-27 | Albany | Georgia | EQUINOX CHEMICALS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a pipe threading machine, cutting small pieces from large pieces, when his right thumb was pinched between an elbow and the threader, partially amputating his thumb tip. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Pennington | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading up a paper machine when his hand was caught and pinched by a hydraulic cylinder, lacerating his third, fourth, and fifth fingers and fracturing his fourth and fifth fingers. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | Orrtanna | Pennsylvania | Edwin L. Heim Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading some 3-inch conduit when he identified burrs that needed removal. He was using his channel locks to get rid of the burrs when the channel locks grabbed and pulled his left hand into the machine. The fingertip of his left pinky finger was surgically amputated above the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-03-16 | Brooklyn | New York | National Grid | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading pipe on a threading machine when his glove was caught in the machine, amputating his right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2016-02-26 | Millbury | Massachusett | United-County Industries Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was working at the pipe threading machine. As the employee walked away from the machine, he tripped over a tripod leg of the machine and fell breaking the left hip. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Procter and Gamble Paper Products Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee lost his balance while putting a roll on the mandrel and his fingers were pinched between a roller and threading belt. His left middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-24 | Madison | Mississippi | DeBeukelaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right-hand index and ring fingertips were lacerated by a machine blade while the employee was threading film. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Evadale | Texas | Westrock | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was re-threading a paper machine. When he attempted to grab paper, his right hand was pulled in and amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | EVERGREEN PACKAGING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee threading a calendar stack in a paper machine attempted to clear wrap that had wrapped around the stack. The employee's left hand got caught in a nip point, amputating the pinky finger and partially amputating the ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-12-13 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Orchids Paper Products Company-Pryor, Oklahoma Converting | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was clearing a wrap-up when her hand got caught between two rollers as she was re-threading the web. She partially amputated three left-hand fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-25 | Chillicothe | Ohio | P. H. Glatfelter Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was threading paper into a slitter machine and contacted the slitter blade amputating the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | Sealed Air Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading paper into the padded bag line machine. When the paper passed through the notcher section, the employee attempted to support the paper with his hand. The notcher fired and amputated his right ring fingertip. The notcher was not turned off at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | Ilion | New York | Remington Arms Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a barrel threading machine and amputated the left index fingertip when it became caught between the gun barrel and a clamp. | |||||
| 2015-11-02 | Covington | Georgia | NyloBoard LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a conveyor belt on an air lay machine and got the right hand caught in the pin cylinder. The hand was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a new roll of bags into the midstream bagger machine. The jaws of the machine include a heat seal and cutters. The machine activated and the jaws caught his finger resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-06 | Dalton | Georgia | Integrated Fiber Solutions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading yarn through the winder with his right hand on the aspirator. The traverse (yarn holder) grabbed his left pinky finger and lacerated it. His left ring finger was also lacerated. The pinky finger had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Windsor | Colorado | Carestream | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a machine with film onto a take-up roll. After changing over from job mode to run mode, the injured employee noted a problem with the film take-up roll and entered the area to address the issue. While doing so, his upper arm got caught in the ingoing spool. His upper arm broke and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-08-20 | Dothan | Alabama | KFH Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 20, 2015, an employee was rethreading the extruded tube product into the belted puller. The rollers caught his glove and pulled his left thumb into the nip point, crushing it. He was hospitalized for a left thumb contusion. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Grand Junction | Colorado | INNOVATIVE TEXTILES | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee, working as a winder, was threading a spool of high grade fishing line and got the right index finger caught up in the line amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-07-21 | Wheatland | Pennsylvania | JMC Steel Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working on a pipe-threading machine, placing caps on the end of a pipe. The employee's finger caught the sharp edge of the pipe and was severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Hazleton | Pennsylvania | EAM-Mosca Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's thumb tip was amputated after getting stuck between rollers while threading the line. | |||||
| 2015-07-02 | Lawrence | Massachusett | POLARTEC, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee sustained a partial amputation to the tip of one of his fingers while threading fabric through a textile machine. | |||||
| 2015-05-04 | Orrville | Ohio | Bekaert Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading up a draw block on machine D21 (drawer) in jog mode. During the task, the employee was putting a chain on the draw block to pull wire through it. The employee had their hand under the chain to check the tension. The chain became tight and flipped up on the draw block, pinching and injuring the employee's finger. | |||||
| 2015-04-29 | Pine Grove | Pennsylvania | Guilford Lear Textiles, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a machine and was de-beaming. During rethreading, two of his fingers became caught in the hooks and injured the right, middle finger. He was taken to the hospital and his fingertip was re-attached. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Tuscumbia | Alabama | Flexco Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading material onto a foaming drum on line four when his glove was caught pulling his right hand between the forming drums and injuring his fingers. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Painesville | Ohio | The Dyson Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a t6 roll-threading machine. He placed a bar into the machine; the machine cycled and caught his hand between the bar and the machine. His right middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-09 | Von Ormy | Texas | Maruchan Texas Inc. | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee was operating a wrap machine that wraps noodles in the production line. Employee was running the film through and re-threading the film through the machine. Employee had machine on manual cycle ( 1 bag every 5 seconds). His hand came in contact with the end sealer ripping his fingernail off. | |||||
| 2015-01-21 | Chicago | Illinois | Cal - Ill Gasket Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| While rethreading a wire former, employee suffered a severe left hand injury to all four fingers, resulting in employee hospitalization. | |||||