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

FREMONT, NEBRASKA—

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss

Final narrative

An employee was unscrewing fasteners to remove the guarding for a roll former machine to expose two sets of rollers. The employee then placed a flathead screwdriver perpendicular against the edge of one of the wheels in the set furthest away from his position to remove galvanized build-up. During this process, the screwdriver hit the wheel and was pulled into the rollers pinning the employee's left ring finger between the screwdriver handle and the machine. The shaft of the screwdriver then broke, releasing the employee's finger. The employee suffered a soft tissue injury and amputation of the left fourth digit. The machine was powered and operating at the time.

Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery

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