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

OMAHA, NEBRASKA—

LOZIER CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Final narrative

An employee was loading a channel (13.5: W X 11" H X 21' 7" L, total of 6,145 lbs.) into the channel cradle of a punch press. The employee entered the channel loading platform, which is used to remove banding and straps, prior to the load being placed. While the employee was guiding the load into position at the machine, the bundle traveled past the backstop and continued toward the employee. The employee was then pinned between the load and the railing of the work platform, suffering fractured vertebrae, a bruised lung, and a rib fracture.

Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Punch presses

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