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

J-Kraft Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at J-Kraft Inc., 3040 Greens Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee in the shop's face-frames department was operating a machine press that punches holes into cabinetry. As the clamping mechanism came down, it amputated her left-hand pinky finger. The employee required surgery.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

J-Kraft, Inc.

An employee was using a pneumatic tool to clamp drawers together. The material broke and the employee's left hand was caught in the drawer panel. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.

J-Kraft, Inc.

An employee was using a machine to cut and split wood for door frames when his left index finger came in contact with the running blade, amputating the finger.

J-Kraft, Inc.

An employee working in a paint shop became overheated and dehydrated due to heat. He was hospitalized.

J-Kraft, Inc.

An employee was working from the second rung of a 4-foot A-frame step ladder. He lost his balance and his foot went into an open cabinet drawer. He then fell to the ground, twisting and breaking his right leg. He was hospitalized.

J-Kraft, Inc.

An employee was using a table saw to make a part for a door. He was cleaning some of the wood dust and scraps from the side of the blade when his left thumb was pulled into the saw blade, amputating his thumb tip below the nailbed but above the knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

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An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

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An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

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An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

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An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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On May 9, 2025, an employee was using an air hose to clear debris from the courtyard area when she slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with closed fractures to her left fibula, tibia, and medial malleolus.

Robbins Wood Preserving

On April 24, 2025, an employee was opening a cylinder door on a hydraulic bridge to remove lumber when their left middle finger was caught between the door and the hydraulic bridge, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

Mason's Forest Products

Two employees were using a plywood chop saw. The injured employee was holding one end of the saw with their right hand when the operator on the other end pressed the start button. The saw blade contacted the injured employee's right hand, resulting in multiple finger amputations when it amputated the hand above the thumb.

Barry-Wehmiller Papersystems International, Inc.

On January 17, 2025, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was moving 11-gauge steel sheets from a holding cart using a pendant-controlled, 1-ton jib hoist equipped with a plate clamp lifting attachment. With the plate clamp empty and open, the employee began raising the hoist. The clamp became caught on the bottom of the cart, tipping the cart in the direction of the employee. Several sheets of steel slid off the cart and struck the employee, resulting in several broken ribs, a broken left leg and ankle, a fractured kneecap, and a torn left ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

CPG Building Products

An employee was operating an air hoist to rotate a blending mill counter-clockwise. After he connected the hook to the mill, the hoist was raised and his hand was pinched between the hook block and the ring on the mill. The employee sustained a partial amputation of his right thumb.

T G Meat Center LLC

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

Professional Flooring Supply

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

EnviroSafe Demil LLC

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

Inteplast Group

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

Regency IHS of Fairwinds Halletsville, LLC

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.