OSHA Injury Report: North America Ringtown

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Injured employee (IW) was working as a Group Lead at the time of the injury While operating the EDL wrapper a jam occurred which was not able to be cleared by routine methods of operating computer controls from the control panel The Group Lead was called over for the situation and stated that a manual move of the roller assembly would be necessary to fix the issue Two other Wrapper employees positioned themselves around the EDL wrapper to push the roller assembly towards the IW who was pulling the roller assembly from within the EDL wrapper As the roller assembly was moving the IW stepped back and tripped over a metal bar at the base of the machine In order to steady themselves the IW reached up with their left hand and grabbed onto the roller assembly When the IW did this the roller came in contact and went over the last knuckle of their left pinky finger causing it to amputate within their glove The IW stumbled out of the machine and immediately requested managerial intervention and

What happened

Injured employee (IW) was working as a Group Lead at the time of the injury While operating the EDL wrapper a jam occurred which was not able to be cleared by routine methods of operating computer controls from the control panel The Group Lead was called over for the situation and stated that a manual move of the roller assembly would be necessary to fix the issue Two other Wrapper employees positioned themselves around the EDL wrapper to push the roller assembly towards the IW who was pulling the roller assembly from within the EDL wrapper As the roller assembly was moving the IW stepped back and tripped over a metal bar at the base of the machine In order to steady themselves the IW reached up with their left hand and grabbed onto the roller assembly When the IW did this the roller came in contact and went over the last knuckle of their left pinky finger causing it to amputate within their glove The IW stumbled out of the machine and immediately requested managerial intervention and

Injury or illness

Avulsion Upper Extremities Left Little Finger

Object or substance involved

Wrap roller assembly

Summary line

Avulsion Upper Extremities Left Little Finger Wrap roller assembly Caught in under or between machine or machinery

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.