105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Millwood, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Millwood, Inc., 5000 W. Proviso, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

On June 2, 2015, an employee suffered an amputation to the right index finger while attempting to unjam a pallet washer. Lockout/tagout procedures were not performed at the time of the incident.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Millwood, Inc.

On March 4, 2025, an employee was reaching for a piece of debris on the new repair line paint area, when his shirt strings became caught in a roller. His right little finger was caught in the chain of a conveyor and partially amputated.

Millwood Inc.

An employee was clearing a jam in a pallet nailing machine when their middle finger was caught between a runner and the metal stop of the machine. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

Millwood, Inc.

An employee was cleaning up after servicing a machine between the machine's infeed rollers and a guard rail. A forklift was placing a load of pallets on the infeed rollers when the bottom pallet caught the lip of the line, causing the rest of the wooden pallets to fall off the forklift's forks. The pallets pinned the injured employee against the equipment and broke his pelvis.

Millwood, Inc.

An employee was loading a wood board into a feeder. The employee's finger was caught between the material and a stop plate, and the employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

Millwood, Inc.

An employee was pushing a stack of pallets down a gravity conveyor. The top pallet fell and struck the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized.

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DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

Mill Creek Lumber & Supply Co

An employee was walking down the off ramp from a box truck, carrying a door for delivery. A strong wind caught the door, causing the employee to lose balance and fall about 2 to 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and suffered a broken vertebra.

Halton Construction Inc.

An employee was loading lumber from a rack into his truck by hand. He fell from the truck to the ground and sustained a fractured hip.

Hines Building Supply

An employee was delivering lumber to a customer's job site. He was using a truck-mounted forklift to transport the material to the staging area. The surface of the path of travel changed from asphalt to soil and rock with a slight downward grade. When the forklift moved onto the softer surface, it sank into the ground and its center of gravity shifted forward, causing it to tip over. The employee's right arm sustained a closed, supracondylar humerus fracture.

McCoy Corporation

An employee was helping two forklift operators move and inventory flat sheet metal that was staged on racks. The metal fell off one side and struck the employee's arms and abdomen. The employee sustained a laceration above the left eye, a left forearm injury, and a ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Dixie Plywood Company of Tampa, Inc.

An employee was cleaning a press machine when their right ring finger became caught in the press, resulting in the amputation of the finger.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.