105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Insteel Wire Products, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations

On August 06, 2015, at approximately 9:15 p.m. the team member was setting-up draw machine #5 (Morgan) for a double draw job (7/32 rod to W2.1). The process is to place the first draw under the bull block and the second draw on the upper section of the bull block. The machine was in jog mode while performing the task. An employee had the wire set on the bottom (first draw) and he was in the process of stringing the second draw. The employee noticed that the first bottom wrap was not in place. The employee stopped jogging and shook the wire with his right hand to locate the first wrap in place. While on this task, the employee stepped on the jog pedal as the wire snapped pulling his fingers against the block. The tip of his right middle and ring fingers were amputated. Employee was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.

Hospitalized Fingertip(s) Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Scout Surface Solutions

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.

Maxwell Paper Products Co

An employee was being trained on a machine when a roller came down on their hand, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Turkey Hill LLC

An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.

Erie Strayer Company

An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.