Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RR Donnelley, 2660 S. Broadway, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN 54304
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting duct tape on a press machine. The operator jogged the machine, and the employee's finger got caught in the perforation wheel. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee climbed on a pallet to retrieve a "load flag." He fell while dismounting the pallet and landed on his right side on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
An employee was rolling a portable piece of equipment from a storage area to the press when one of the castors hit a seam in the concrete floor, causing the equipment to lurch to one side and strike a stationary object. An enclosure door mounted on the side of the portable equipment closed on the employee's fingertip, resulting in amputation.
An employee was handling a magnetic cylinder at a die station. When she tried to roll the cylinder into a cradle, it overshot the cradle and fell onto her right hand, amputating the little finger past the first knuckle.
On September 21, 2016, around 3:30 a.m., an employee was changing out a 1,400-pound seal-in roller with a hoist when the roller rolled on to his left thumb tip. The thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.
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 323111)
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
The injured employee's standup forklift had mechanical issue with a tire. The injured employee was inside their forklift to help steer it while it was being pushed up the ramp by another forklift. As the other forklift started to move up the ramp, it's forks moved and went into the driver's space of the disabled forklift. The fork penetrated the injured employee's left shoe, fracturing the two middle toes and injuring the first toe. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
A press was having a paster failure and the crew was working to get the ink on the paper. A press operator grounded himself and was entering the press unit when something flashed. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his head and left arm.
Around 12:45 PM, a clamp truck operator went to remove a piece of orange strap from a clamp truck that was parked outside of the office. The strap fell into a gap between the frame and the hood of the truck. The strap became caught in the engine's fan and also wrapped around the employee's hand when he went to grab it. The strap was pulled tight against the frame of the clamp truck, causing lacerations and fractures to the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
At 12:00 p.m. on August 13, 2025, an employee was unloading a 1,100-pound roll of paper from a skid when the roll fell onto his right leg. The leg was broken.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.