Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was emptying a waste barrel into a steel hopper. The barrels are attached to a forklift with a bracket and the forklift is used to raise the barrel over the steel hopper. Once raised, a chain is used to operate a pulley mechanism attached to the bracket that tips the barrel horizontally to empty the contents into the hopper. A link in the chain used to operate the pulley system detached. The employee went to manually dump the barrel and the barrel slid down, crushing his left hand between the barrel and the hopper. The employee sustained an injury to their left ring and little fingers that required surgery and partial amputation of the little finger.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Barrels, drums, cans nonpressurized
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.