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The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was loading a rack onto a truck when the mid-level shelf fell and amputated his left little finger up to the first knuckle.

A driver was at a customer location preparing to make a delivery. He went to put the dock plate down but it slipped out of his hand and landed on his left index fingertip, resulting in partial amputation from the first knuckle.

On September 11, 2025, an employee was lowering a railing system on an aircraft fueling cart when his gloved right ring finger was caught in the folding railing system, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization and surgical reattachment.

There was a dirt clog preventing the tailgate of a dump truck from closing all the way. An employee got out of the driver s seat and walked around back to push up against the tailgate to unclog the area. The tip of his finger was amputated by the tailgate.

An employee was working to adjust a misfed pallet board that was entering the pallet board collection point. His left middle fingertip became caught between the board he was adjusting and other boards already stacked in the collection area. This resulted in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was delivering goods to a customer. He was folding the truck's lift gate when his left middle finger was pinched in the lift gate, resulting in an amputation.

An employee had been loading a trailer. Their foot was caught in the trailer and/or trailer hitch, resulting in a severe laceration to a toe that required surgical amputation.

An employee was handling bags and placing them onto a conveyor belt. The employee's glove was caught by the conveyor belt and their hand was pulled into the belt, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was manually pulling a container from the aft cargo hold of a wide-body jetliner. Their right little finger got pinned between the container and the edge of the cargo door. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was working inside the cargo hold of a cargo ship, discharging steel slabs. The slabs (approximately 4 feet by 20 feet) were being hoisted by a powered industrial truck (PIT) equipped with an electromagnetic lifting device. The lifting device failed and released a steel slab that struck the employee's right foot. The employee sustained injuries to their big toe, including partial amputation.

An employee was tightening a turnbuckle while attempting to conduct lash-back operations on a ship when their left gloved hand was caught between the upper and lower turnbuckles. The employee suffered a crush injury to the little finger that resulted in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was manually connecting a dolly to a trailer while on a slope. The dolly began rolling toward the trailer, catching their right hand between the dolly and the trailer pintle hook. The employee sustained an amputation of the right little fingertip to the first knuckle.

An employee was adjusting the height of a trailer's landing gear when they were struck by a trailer backing into the adjacent parking space. The employee was hospitalized and their arm was amputated.

At about 8:20 a.m. on June 19, 2025, a temporary employee lost his balance while exiting a trailer and grabbed a dock plate with his left hand. The dock plate was being raised at the time, and the employee's left little and ring fingers were caught between it and the lid. Both fingertips were amputated.

An employee arrived at the office area and went to sit down in a barstool-style chair. Their hand was placed on the bottom of the seat plate for stability as the chair automatically lowered. Their left ring finger was pinched between the seat plate and the lower support, resulting in amputation of approximately a 1/2 inch of the fingertip without bone loss. The fingertip was surgically reattached.

At about 3:45 a.m. on June 13, 2025, an employee was hooking up dollies before an aircraft landed. His right middle finger was pinched between a dolly tongue and a hitch connector, and he suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was installing a belt on the regeneration fan at the facility when their left little finger was caught between the fan belt and motor sheave, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was securing a ramp to a dock to unload cargo. He was using large pins to put the ramp in place when two of his fingers got caught in the ramp, resulting in a partial amputation.

During installation of one of the wheel assemblies, the injured employee was working to align the brake disc to the wheel keyways. Another mechanic was applying pressure to the wheel in the install direction. When the alignment was achieved and the wheel slid on, the injured employee's left thumb was caught between the brake disc and the wheel keyway. Approximately inch of the thumb tip was severed, without bone loss.

The employee was working to hook a trailer to a pickup truck. The employee was setting the trailer tongue down onto the hitch and his left hand was crushed between the trailer and the hitch. The employee sustained a laceration and an amputation to his ring finger.

An employee was unloading 10-foot sections of 6- to 8-inch pipe when their right ring finger was pinched between the pipe and pipe rack edge, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was loading a car on the bed of a tow truck when his right hand got caught between the vehicle tire and the truck railing, resulting in broken fingers, an injury to his index fingernail, lacerations to his ring finger, and amputation of his middle fingertip.

On May 6, 2025, at approximately 10:00 PM, an employee was straightening cables of a derrick crane by moving a pulley block to flip it over. The cable moved, causing the injured employee's right hand to be pulled into the block. The employee grabbed his right hand with his left hand and it was also pulled into the block. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and three fingertip amputations.

An employee was opening a zip tie using a knife. The knife slipped and cut the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation (without bone loss) to the fingertip.