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

Woodgrain Millwork Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

An employee's right ring finger was caught between a 2X4 exciting the cutter head and the back of the cutter head guards, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

H & S Metals Inc.

An employee was operating a metal rolling machine when their hand was caught and crushed. The employee suffered fractures to the ring finger and amputations to three other fingers.

Berg Pipe Mobile

An employee was working as a paint inspector and was inspecting painted pipe for production runs. She pressed the joystick to move the pipe into the number 1 position and then stepped up onto a platform to inspect the end of the pipe. The pipe began to move into the number 2 position that is across the platform the employee was working at. As the employee realized the pipe was moving she tried to back up but was pinned against the pipe roller on the other side of the platform. The pipe continued to move across the platform crushing the employee. The employee suffered a fractured back.

Aisin Light Metals, LLC

An employee was clearing product from the blade of a saw and her hand was thrown into the blade. The employee's left thumb tip was amputated. A guard was in place at the time.

US Truck Body

An employee was setting up a sheet of 0.04-inch aluminum to cut on a shear. As he got close to the end of the sheet, he pressed the foot pedal to make another cut, which activated the material holders. The holders crushed the employee's right middle and ring fingers resulting in fractures and amputations down to the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Deufol Worldwide Packaging, LLC

A temporary employee was cutting short pieces of wood on a pneumatic upcut saw when the blade caused amputations to his right middle, ring, and little fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.