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

Waffle House

Injured by object handled by person n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

An employee was cutting onions with an onion chopper and amputated the tip of his left thumb.

Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Food slicers

Fedex Freight Inc.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Ecore Tire Collection LLC

A maintenance employee was working to place a 120-pound metal screen on top of a machine before installation, with the help of another employee. The injured employee's right ring finger was pinched between the screen and the machine and the fingertip was partially amputated.

Bechtel Energy Construction Services, Inc.

An employee was assisting three coworkers with loading a fall protection metal storage cage onto a wooden pallet. Their right index finger was pinched between the pallet and the bottom of the cage, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc.

An employee was helping another employee load stock material onto a press brake when the stock slipped. The injured employee's right index finger was caught between the press brake die and the stock, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Lowe's Home Improvement, LLC

An employee was moving a toolbox from a pallet to the sales floor when his left middle finger got caught between the toolbox and the concrete floor, resulting in a fingertip amputation of the distal digit.