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An employee was changing out tong heads and attempting to place a retaining pin. The lever and gear rolled over and crushed the employee's left thumb, resulting in amputation.

A hopper lid pinched an employee's left ring fingertip as he closed it. The fingertip was amputated in front of the fingernail.

An employee was working in a steel pipe yard rolling pipe joints to collect information from mill stencils. As the employee was rolling a pipe joint, three other sections of pipe rolled against the joint. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the pipe wrench and the pipe joint, resulting in a 1-inch amputation to their finger.

An employee was operating a forklift when a flatbed truck drove toward it. The employee's right hand was caught between the forklift's rear cab and the front end of the flatbed. The employee suffered an amputation to the ring finger.

An employee was using a forklift to lift and empty a garbage hopper into a larger trash bin. As he released the hopper to tilt into the bin, his finger was caught between the top part of the hopper and it's frame, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was helping a forklift operator move a large, steel c-channel. The c-channel slipped off the forklift and pinched the employee's left little finger between the c-channel and the fabrication that was being completed, resulting in amputation.

An employee was helping close an automatic gate. The gate pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.

An employee was trying to adjust a panning belt. His right index finger was under the belt when it pulled in the fingertip. The fingertip was amputated between the belt and the nose roller.

An employee was seating an intermodal onto a chassis when their little finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputation.

A temporary employee had finished cleaning three chains that ran under a conveyor belt. As the employee was trying to realign a chain, the machine was powered up and the chain moved. The employee suffered a pad amputation to the left index finger, a fracture to the first joint on the left index finger, and a laceration to the middle finger.

An employee was trying to dislodge fragments of glass from the conveyor of an insulated glass machine. The machine caught his left glove, causing the amputation of a fingertip.

An employee was looking under the hood of a vehicle. The employee came into contact with a running belt and suffered a potential left middle finger amputation.

On December 29, 2022, an employee was trying to put a linkage pin in on the roll of a rim line. The linkage arm slipped and dropped, hitting his left middle finger. He suffered a partial amputation at the knuckle below the fingernail.

An employee was helping to manually rotate a drive belt/pulley system on the delinting centrifuge. The employee's finger was caught and pinched between the belt and the pulley. The employee pulled his hand out, resulting in a degloving of a portion of his left ring finger and a fingertip amputation.

An employee was closing a chain link gate when their finger was caught between the gate rail and the roller. The employee's thumb was crushed, and their thumb was medically amputated at the tip.

An employee was trying to change a drill bit. The drill activated while his right hand was on the drill bit, causing the drill to turn and partially amputate his right little finger.

An employee was cleaning sand off the rollover stop block on a molding machine. His right middle fingertip was crushed, necessitating a surgical amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a bean cutting machine and amputated multiple fingers.

A maintenance employee was working on a breaker when their right middle fingertip was pinched by a spring mechanism, resulting in amputation.

An employee was clearing a jam from a machine. The machine's serrated blade partially amputated the employee's right thumb.

An employee was sheering metal when he lost footing and shifted his weight on the pedal, causing his left hand to be crushed by the clamp and bed of the machine. The employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, his left middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle, and his ring and little fingers were crushed.

An employee was placing a horse into a starting gate. The employee's left index finger was crushed between the horse and the metal gate. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was performing maintenance work on a piece of machinery. The machine's piston activated and caused the amputation of the employee's fingertip. The machine was not locked or tagged out at the time.

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt when their right thumb was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a partial amputation of the tip of their thumb.

A container holding television remotes was placed on its side, and an employee was handling the container to remove stuck remotes. The container shifted and crushed his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.