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

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA—

APPLIED INDUSTRIAL MACHINING, LLC.

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

Final narrative

An employee was aligning a casting body that was not centered. The employee was using shims and the tailstock to align the casting body. While holding some pieces of shim material on the center, the employee activated the foot pedal to move the tailstock forward to hold the casting body. The foot pedal malfunctioned and did not move the tailstock forward. When the employee looked at the foot pedal, the tailstock engaged, moved forward, and the employee's fingers were caught between the casting body and the tailstock. The right index and middle fingers were amputated halfway through the fingernails.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

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