Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Target Distribution Center, 3001 Archer Drive, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17201
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a running conveyor system with a compressed air wand when the wand became stuck in the conveyor system at a junction between a section of roller conveyors and a belt conveyor. While trying to free the compressed air wand, the employee's right middle finger either got caught in the conveyor or caught by the compressed air wand, resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger. The injury occurred above the right knuckle and involved bone. The employee required surgery to reattach the finger.
On February 15, 2025, at approximately 12:18 AM, an employee was driving a forklift when the forklift struck a concrete bollard next to the firewall. The employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the concrete bollard. The employee was hospitalized with skin injuries and fractures to their left foot/ankle.
An employee was exiting the cab of a yard truck. They stepped on the catwalk to release the air lines but then missed the first step from the catwalk to the catwalk extension and fell approximately 41 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia and fibula.
On November 15, 2022, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was walking to the breakroom to take his lunch break when he stopped to talk to a co-worker. The employee was then struck by a forklift and sustained a right foot injury that required surgery.
An employee was cleaning up after replacing a motor on a conveyor. While trying to pick up the old motor it slipped and fell. The employee tried to catch it and the motor fell on his right hand causing broken bones.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493110)
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 operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.