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On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was assisting with maintenance and servicing a conveyor that was making an unusual noise. The employee's right arm got caught in the conveyor between a belt and a roller. Their right hand and arm were crushed, resulting in amputation of the arm.

An employee was helping clean the bag house. He checked under the auger in the dust collection system to feel for airflow. His right hand was sucked up into the auger blade, resulting in amputation of the middle finger to the distal joint. Surgery was required to amputate to the finger to the second knuckle.

An employee was working to realign the two top sections of a set of collapsible rollers (trailer-on-flatcar rollers). The rollers suddenly fell into place and pinched her left index fingertip against the lower sections. She suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was entering the warehouse freezer on a forklift when he collided with a racking bay, resulting in a laceration to his left thumb and partial amputation of his left index finger.

An employee was closing the back door of a postal tractor trailer when their right ring fingertip was pinched, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was helping a forklift operator wrap hoisting straps of a tote of chickpeas onto the extension blades of the forklift in order to unload the tote from a railcar. The employee was putting the back-left strap on the extensions when the forklift moved inward his left little finger got caught between the fork and a wall, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was retrieving a pallet jack from a charging area. His leg was caught between the pallet jack and a wall, and his lower leg was broken.

An employee was re-tensioning the pulleys on a conveyor belt in a shipping merge. He restarted the conveyor and his right index finger got caught in the belt, which pulled it into a pulley and amputated the top of the finger just past the fingertip. The pulleys were not guarded at the time of the incident.

On August 22, 2025, an employee was working to remove a blockage of grain from a spout in the basement. The gate was manually closed from the floor above to stop the flow of grain to the leg. The gate closed down on the employee, causing the amputation of their left middle fingertip.

An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.

On August 7, 2025, employees were using forklift forks to move a single-wheel slitter so they could inspect a broken leg on it. While they were sliding the slitter off the forks, it fell, trapping an employee s left ring finger against the concrete. The employee suffered a severe avulsion to the finger, which was then medically amputated at the knuckle.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. While turning to yield to another forklift, the forklift overturned and the employee's lower left leg was caught between a barrier and the forklift. The employee's left leg was amputated from the calf down and multiple bones were broken. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was getting out of a postal vehicle when the door shut on his right ring finger, severing his fingertip. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated.

An employee was onsite to load a van with carts filled with packages for delivery. She was handling a cart (weighing approximately 300 to 500 pounds) down a ramp. The cart began to pull her down the ramp. At the foot of the ramp was another ramp with a railing. The cart struck the railing and the employee's hand was caught between the cart handle and the railing. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

A temporary employee was loading warehouse racking into a container in the parking lot at the worksite. Their left index finger was caught between two racks when the racks were pushed together. The employee's fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle.

On June 27, 2025, at approximately 8:35 AM, an employee was operating a box maker machine when their left middle fingertip was caught by a chain and sprocket. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated without loss of bone or the fingernail.

An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when his thumb contacted the saw blade. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wrapping machine resulting in a partial amputation to his middle finger through the phalanx.

An employee was closing a garage door. As the door slid, the employee's right ring finger was caught in one of its wheel tracks. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was manually lifting a dock leveler onto a truck. His finger was caught between the edge of the leveler and the truck bed, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was operating a battery extractor for a powered industrial truck and was grabbing the battery when the mass from the extractor pushed back. His right middle fingertip was pinched between the battery and the extractor resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was clearing debris from a piece of equipment. The employee's left hand was caught in a running airlock, which caused amputations of their index, middle, and ring fingers.

An employee was removing a box from a conveyor belt. The employee's finger became stuck in the belt and its motor, causing a partial amputation.