Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jamestown Container Corporation , 14 Deming Drive , FALCONER, NEW YORK 14733
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee pulled Printing Section # 1 out of the Martin Machine and opened the interlocked cover on the ink rollers. He then took a pair of vise-grips, depressed the jog button, and clamped the button to the housing in the depressed position causing the rollers to rotate slowly. The employee then used a hose to spray water on the partially submerged ink rollers to clean them. The inside of the container in which the rollers were partially submerged was painted black. The color of the ink was also black. The employee reached his right hand into the liquid to see if it was clear, and his hand was pulled into the nip points of the rollers resulting in the amputation of the middle and ring fingers and one half of the index finger on his right hand.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Jamestown Container Corporation
An employee was repositioning a piece of cardboard over the vacuum holes of a printing press when the piece was drawn into the machine. His left hand was also pulled in, de-gloving the top of the hand and amputating the index finger.
An employee was adjusting a printing plate and got his hand caught in a pinch point between two rollers when another employee jogged the machine using the registration button. The employee suffered three broken fingers and a degloving injury to the right palm.
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 322211)
On October 22, 2025, an employee was working to put a conveyor chain back on the track of a conveyor when their fingers were caught between the chain and the chain track, pulling their right hand into the sprocket. Four fingers were amputated.
An employee was cleaning the headers of the core machine using a hand drill with a brush attachment. His glove was caught on the brush shaft, resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.
An employee was operating a winder paper mill machine when their right index finger became caught in the machine. The finger was partially amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was lubricating a chain and sprocket on a corrugator splicer. He lost his balance, and his right middle finger came into contact with the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated at the nail bed.
An employee was entering a building and reached out to catch a closing door. The door closed on the employee's finger, resulting in the partial amputation of the fingertip and nailbed.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.