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

Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss

An employee was picking up a roll from a de-chocker station using a lifting device. He positioned the chain on the drive side of the roll, then moved to the operator side of the roll. After taking a rag to wipe off his hands, he positioned the chain on the operator side of the roll. As he held the chain with the rag in his hand, the crane began lifting. As the chain tightened, his left index finger was caught between the chain and the roll neck, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Cranes unspecified

Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

Day & Zimmermann Lone Star LLC

An employee was working on a production line. The employee went to retrieve parts that came out of the parts holder, and their left hand became caught between a chain and a sprocket. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Galaxy Balloons Inc.

An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.