Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ND Industries, Inc., 9051 Dutton Drive, TWINSBURG, OHIO 44087
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was loading parts into a machine when one twisted out of place. The employee tried to adjust the part with their right index finger, which got caught in the machine and was amputated just above the fingernail.
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.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423710)
An employee was operating a punch press when he sustained injuries to his left index and middle fingers, resulting in the amputation of both fingertips.
An employee was tightening straps for beams (each are 90 pounds, 10-feet-long) on a semi-trailer when the beams became unstable and fell off the trailer and onto the ground and the employee's right foot. This resulted in the surgical amputation of the two little toes and half of his middle toe.
On August 17, 2023, an employee was operating an order picker that was carrying empty pallets. The employee went to avoid a pallet in his path when the vehicle collided with a rack, causing the pallets to fall from the vehicle. His leg was pinned between the order picker and the stack of pallets, resulting in leg fractures.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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 moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.