Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-27	Orlando	Fl	CKS Packing Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam on a laydown trimmer when his right hand contacted the trimmer, resulting in a severe cut on his ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-16	Venice	Fl	Brightview Landscaping Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was using a hedge trimmer, working from the third rung of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. He fell from the ladder, and the hedge trimmer's blades cut and fractured his left little finger.
2021-09-16	Elk Grove Village	Il	Arrow Home Products	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 16, 2021, an employee was operating a plastic trimmer when it lacerated his right hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery for tendon repair.
2021-07-02	Huntsville	Al	Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was using a string trimmer to cut grass along a fence and was stung by ground bees on the face, arms, and back.
2021-05-27	Lake Buena Vista	Fl	Walt Disney Parks & Resorts	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On May 27, 2021, an employee was trimming hedges with the hedge trimmer and amputated their left index fingertip.
2021-05-12	Napoleon	Oh	Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A turret on a piece of trimmer equipment was being manually rotated into position while offline. An employee was helping move the turret when a pinch point on it caught his right hand. He suffered an amputation to the ring fingertip.
2021-05-10	Walton	Wv	RSG Landscaping & Lawn Care, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee had been operating a string trimmer. The employee tripped and fell on the ground and sustained a broken lower leg.
2021-04-26	Dresser	Wi	Rick's Cabinets, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On April 26, 2021, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was setting up a trimmer on the side of an edge bander when their right thumb contacted the trimmer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-22	Ava	Mo	Southern Construction Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing a boom pin on an overhead tree trimmer. While the employee was holding a bushing in place, the crane holding the boom in place shifted and amputated part of the employee's left thumb.
2021-03-29	Odessa	Fl	US Bev Plastics, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a trimmer machine. The machine cut the knuckle on the employee's right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-01-27	Delavan	Wi	Forgings & Stampings Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While an employee was adjusting the airline of a press, their foot slipped on a pedal and engaged the trimmer. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.
2020-10-03	Paris	Tx	Silgan Containers	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
After finishing setup, an employee was making adjustments to the tooling on a trimmer machine. The machine was activated and the employee's hand slipped. His left ring finger was caught between a cogged belt and a wheel. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
2020-08-31	East Bernard	Tx	Leedo Manufacturing Co. LP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right middle finger was amputated above the knuckle by the blade inside an edge band trimmer.
2020-08-19	Houston	Tx	H-E-B, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cleaning bottles in the trimmer section of a blow mold machine when the employee's finger was caught in the machinery, resulting in a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger.
2020-06-02	Houston	Texas	Brian T Marshall	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on the roof of a shop, retrieving a tree trimmer, when he fell through a skylight to the concrete floor 17 feet below. He suffered a broken wrist, elbow, and femur; kidney and liver injuries; and facial fractures.
2020-05-29	Waco	Texas	Knife River Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger.
2020-05-27	Silas	Alabama	Chadwick Timber Company, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was making his rounds to verify the mill was shut down when he noticed a wood block lodged in the trim/block conveyor underneath the trimmer. When employee moved the wood block, the conveyor belt started and his finger was caught between the block and the belt causing an amputation to the end of the right ring finger.
2020-05-09	Bartlett	Illinois	Axium Packaging LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee went to clean the belt of a trimmer on a machine that is used to make plastic bottles. The belt caught the rag, pulling his right index finger and pinching it in the equipment. As a result, he sustained a partial amputation of the right index fingertip (no bone loss).
2020-04-20	Naugatuck	Connecticut	CKS Packing Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear what he believed to be a clogged blower chute from the spin trimmer. As he was shaking the chute to clear it, the chute disconnected from the blower unit. He pulled a rolling ladder to the unit and then attempted to reconnect the chute to the blower. His left hand slipped and entered the motor where the impeller blades struck and amputated the fingertips of his index, middle, and ring fingers.
2020-03-05	Dodson	Louisiana	Weyerhaeuser	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
As an employee was walking to his work station, he saw two boards misaligned on the green trimmer conveyor belt. When he reached to align the boards his left pinky finger was jammed between the conveyor belt wall and the boards. His left pinky fingertip was surgically amputated.
2019-09-13	Mount Dora	Florida	Curaleaf Florida	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding debris into a trimming machine. The trimmer caught his right hand, lacerating the hand/fingers.
2019-08-01	Atmore	Alabama	Swift Lumber, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was grading lumber. A 1x4 board entering the trimmer skewed, causing the board to be cut lengthwise (instead of crosswise) and to be ejected from the saw. It struck the employee on the right side of the abdomen, causing a contusion. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-08	Glenwood	Illinois	Glenwood Academy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was pulling weeds and trimming bushes using a hedge trimmer. The trimmer severed the employee's first finger and severely cut the second finger.
2019-06-13	Austin	Texas	Medxcel Facilities Management, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was removing line from a trimmer/weedwhacker when he injured his right index finger, suffering a potential fracture.
2019-06-03	Orlando	Florida	Baker Commercial Landscaping, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was using a powered weed trimmer at a customer site and passed out. He was admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
2019-05-24	Dierks	Arkansas	Weyerhaeuser Company	Upper arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a trimmer and when he went to lower the saw box platform, the pin holding the platform became stuck. The employee hammered at the pin, and when the pin dislodged, the platform swung down and hit the employee. The employee suffered a smashed upper arm with swelling and numbness.
2019-04-18	Fort Worth	Texas	Thomas Plastics, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to unjam a machine when the trimmer plate lowered, smashing his finger between the trimmer plate and the machine frame. His fingertip was partially amputated. The machine was energized and guarded at the time of the incident.
2019-04-17	Clearville	Pennsylvania	Eby Sawmill, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam in a drop saw trimmer. The machine caught his clothing and amputated his left arm.
2018-09-25	Cambridge	Ohio	Colgate Palmolive Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a bottle jam from a trimmer reamer when the machine cycled and the employee's hand was caught in the machinery, fracturing four fingers and severely lacerating his hand and fingers.
2018-09-10	Sebring	Ohio	Townsend Tree Service Company LLC	Skull	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On September 10, 2018, a tree trimmer was removing a limb from a utility line after a storm. When the tension was released, the limb hit the employee in the face, breaking the skull near the eye socket.
2018-08-01	West Palm Beach	Florida	O'Hara Landscape & Maintenance. Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
While using a trimmer to cut hedges, an employee suffered a partial amputation to the middle finger on his right hand.
2018-07-03	Olive Branch	Mississippi	A.L.P. Lighting Components	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a sensor on a robotic trimmer's automatic curtain door when the door cycled, amputating the employee's index finger.
2018-06-26	Fort Worth	Texas	Vandervoorts Dairy/Kroger Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was helping to unjam a trimmer machine when it amputated his left index finger.
2018-06-19	Macon	Georgia	Great Yards, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was attempting to hold branches from one shrub out of the way while trimming another shrub with a gas-powered hedge trimmer. The trimmer then amputated his left little fingertip and cut his ring finger.
2018-06-16	Burlington	New Jersey	GARELICK FARMS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a plastic bottle trimmer on the blow mold machine when the trimmer lacerated and fractured the employee's right thumb, requiring hospitalization.
2018-06-13	Bennington	New Hampshir	MONADNOCK PAPER MILLS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a paper trimmer machine. While removing a piece of trim after a cut, the tip of his right third finger was caught in an opening in the paper clamp as the control was released. His hand followed the clamp up and the fingertip contacted the retracted blade. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2018-06-12	Canton	Ohio	SUPERIOR DAIRY, INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working in the blow molding area making bottles when the machine jammed. As the employee tried to clear the jam, his index fingertip was amputated by the trimmer.
2018-03-28	Cleveland	Ohio	Finish Line Binderies, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's left arm was inside a three-knife trimmer when the machine cycled, deeply puncturing and breaking the employee's left arm.
2018-02-28	Cleveland	Ohio	Wyman-Gordon Forgings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was changing the tooling in a trimmer. As he turned a wrench to loosen the bolt holding the trim blade, his elbow hit the cycle button, activating the machine while his hand was inside. His right pinky and ring fingers had to be fully amputated at the hospital, and he had stitches in his middle finger. The machine was not locked out or turned off at the time of the incident.
2018-02-23	Livingston	Texas	CLW, Inc.	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee changing out a belt on a trimmer was struck by the machine's door when it disengaged from the position in which it was propped, causing injury to the employee's left hand requiring surgery.
2018-02-14	East Hampton	New York	The Maidstone Club, Inc.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Slip without fall
An employee was trimming hedges using an electric hedge trimmer. While descending the ladder, the employee slipped and severely lacerated his hand between the thumb and index finger.
2018-01-08	Jackson	Alabama	Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was monitoring a section of production between the trimmer and edger saws when he noticed boards were jamming on the overhead conveyor between the saws. He stepped up onto a sheet metal barrier that was 22 inches high and then slipped and fell. His face struck an electrical closure (junction box) that was near the ground, fracturing his jaw and requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-17	Fulton	Missouri	Ovid Bell Press, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's arm entered the trimmer portion of a binding machine. His arm snapped in three places, resulting in a compound fracture, a deep laceration, and muscle and nerve damage.
2017-09-20	Auburndale	Florida	On Target Staffing, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to clear a plastic bottle jam in a running trimming machine when the trimmer amputated the employee's right index and middle fingertips.
2017-09-16	Ironton	Ohio	Muth Lumber Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to get a pulley going on a stacker/trimmer machine when the employee's glove was caught in the pulley. The pulley then smashed the employee's hand resulting in a finger amputation.
2017-08-15	Spearfish	South Dakota	Spearfish Forest Products	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was operating a trimmer from a control panel when a chain came off the sprocket. After replacing the chain on the sprocket, he stepped out of the system, lost his footing, and fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and back.
2017-08-14	North Kansas City	Missouri	HENRY WURST, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jammed trimmer on a printing press when the machine amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers.
2017-06-29	Denver	Colorado	Consolidated Container Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clean a trimmer when her right hand was caught under the trimmer. Her right pinky finger was then pinched and partially amputated between the trimmer guarding and the machine's pulley.
2017-05-12	Hadley	Massachusett	Four Seasons Property Maintenance, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a string trimmer while standing on an uphill incline when he lost footing as a mower approached from behind. His foot slid backwards and into the path of the mower deck, which severed his Achilles tendon and ligaments and broke bones in his lower leg. A mulching block-off plate was not in place on the mower's discharge opening and pulley guards were not installed at the time of the incident.
2017-05-08	Kolin	Louisiana	Plastipak Packaging	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
At 8:00 p.m., on 5/08/2017, an employee was working on a production line when he attempted to help another employee unjam a spin trimmer machine. While removing product from the machine, he came into contact with the heated knife blade, lacerating his left middle finger between the base of the hand and his first knuckle. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-04-07	Russellville	Arkansas	Columbia Construction	Brain	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was installing a catwalk in the area where a new trimmer machine was getting ready to be installed when he fell 15 to 20 feet and landed on his head, suffering severe head injuries.
2017-04-06	Newnan	Georgia	YAMAHA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bender, welder, and trimmer when it was activated via the foot pedal. Her right hand was caught in the fixture, amputating her middle, ring, and pinky fingers.
2017-01-19	Alabaster	Alabama	Asplundh Tree Expert Co.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
While on a ladder replacing a fiberglass boom in a mechanical tree trimmer, an employee was knocked off the ladder and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured hip.
2017-01-13	Sharpsville	Pennsylvania	Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a trimmer machine and suffered a severe laceration and fracture to the right arm when one of the interlocks failed. The machine was guarded and interlocked at the time.
2016-10-08	Dallas	Texas	Borden Dairy Plant	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was watching bottles go down the trimmer line to make sure the blow molds were working correctly. When the employee attempted to remove a bottle, the trimmer engaged and hit the employee's hand, lacerating and crushing it. The guard was in place at the time.
2016-09-20	Altamonte Springs	Florida	Nature's Care Orlando, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer when the trimmer became caught up on a bush and kicked back onto the employee. He covered his face with his right hand and his index finger was fractured.
2016-09-15	Huntsville	Alabama	Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundations	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was operating a string trimmer during landscaping duties when he became dizzy. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2016-09-06	Montgomery	Alabama	Kinpak, Inc.	Upper extremities	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was packing bottles in the "blow mold" area of a trimmer base when her right arm/wrist was hit and fractured by the moving equipment. The equipment's guard was in place.
2016-08-30	Fulton	Mississippi	Graham Lumber Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was straightening lumber on the landing table to the trimmer when a board or a cant caught his left middle finger between another board amputating it at the middle knuckle.
2016-08-04	Greenville	Mississippi	USG Interiors	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a trimmer saw. When the employee removed the chock block, the saw blade rotated, amputating a centimeter of his index finger (no nail or bone loss) and avulsing his middle finger.
2016-07-28	Livingston	Texas	CLW, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a trimmer to cut sections of wood when his hand entered the blade area. At the same time, the blade activated and amputated three fingers on the employee's right hand.
2016-05-12	Wooster	Ohio	The Wooster Brush Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On or about 5/12/2016, an employee received a partial fingertip amputation injury while operating a paint brush hand trimmer machine, known as a hand sharp edge. While manually holding a paint brush in the machine, her finger slipped and contacted the rotating blade of the machine. The contact resulted in a partial fingertip amputation.
2016-04-30	Willard	Ohio	RR DONNELLEY	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting "signature" material on the trimmer. The blade of the trimmer came down on the employee's finger resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.
2016-04-25	Perry	Florida	Gilman Building Products. LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On April 25, 2016, an employee was attempting to straighten a crooked board on the trimmer machine when his right ring fingertip was pinched and amputated between two boards.
2016-02-16	Millry	Alabama	Lassiter Lumber, L.L.C.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a trimmer. As the employee cleared a jam on the in-feed conveyor, his right middle finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2015-12-11	Cowen	West Virgini	Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On December 11, 2015, at approximately 6:20pm, an employee amputated the left middle fingertip while operating the trimmer.
2015-10-22	Columbus	Georgia	West Staff	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee amputated the left middle fingertip while using hedge trimmers.
2015-09-18	Marshfield	Wisconsin	Weinbrenner Shoe Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee received a partial amputation to the right middle finger while clearing a jam on the Skive Machine (leather trimmer).
2015-09-15	Collins	Georgia	Trees Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
The boom of the Jerraff Side Trimmer fell on top of an employee fracturing his ribs and lower back.
2015-09-07	Turners Falls	Massachusett	Hillside Plastics, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 9/7/15, an employee was cleaning out top flash and trimmings that had fallen on the floor beneath an auto-trimmer. His finger entered the stroke path of the lift cylinder, and his right middle fingertip was amputated.
2015-09-01	Carthage	Mississippi	Asplundh Tree Expert Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee passed out while repairing a tree trimmer. He was hospitalized for heat-related dehydration.
2015-07-24	Parkland	Florida	4-EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING, INC.	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trimming hedge with a hedge trimmer next to a concrete wall when the trimmer flew back and caught his right hand.
2015-07-14	Tunnelton	West Virgini	The Davey Tree Expert Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
On July 14, 2015, at approximately 12:45pm, a tree trimmer suffered fractured ribs and injuries to his hip and pelvis after being run over by a Jaraff rubber tired industrial truck used for trimming trees and brush along a right of way. A three person crew was returning to work after a lunch break. The Jaraff operator climbed into the cab of the equipment and began trimming branches. He raised the blade and drove over a pile of brush. When he exited the brush pile, the tree trimmer rose from th
2015-07-10	Indiana	Pennsylvania	Indiana Printing & Publishing Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's fingers were caught between the trimmer and stacker resulting in injuries that led to hospitalization and surgery to repair his injured right ring and pinky fingers.
2015-07-09	Durango	Colorado	Lupine Lawn Care	Face	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On 7/9/15, an employee broke a bone in his face when the string trimmer he was using hit him in the face while he attempted to adjust the string.
2015-05-29	Mishicot	Wisconsin	Fox Hills Resort	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was trimming weeds with a gas powered trimmer near a cement culvert. The employee noticed a small branch resting in the culvert and tried to reach for it. The employee slipped and fell approximately ten feet. The employee did not have anything in his hand at the time of the accident.
2015-04-06	Orlando	Florida	CKS Packaging	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee reached under the guard of the punch press to clear a bottle jam. The trimmer came down and cut his right thumb.
2015-03-31	Priest Lake	Idaho	Asplundh Tree Expert Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's finger was crushed under a wheel chock while moving a trimmer vehicle. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left pointer finger.
2015-02-28	Cromwell	Connecticut	VCA Cromwell Animal Hospital	Hand(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was grooming a cat with a nail trimmer when the cat bit the employee. The employee was admitted to the hospital for an infection between the hand and index finger.