Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., 102 Deka Rd, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA 19536
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was demonstrating the function of a sliding axle trailer to a coworker when the trailer drifted unexpectedly and caught the employee's finger in one of the adjustment holes. The employee's right index finger was amputated.
An employee was operating a stack loader forklift to move product when his left foot got pinned between a light pole and the lift truck. He experienced left foot swelling.
An employee was operating a stack truck (PIT). He turned the truck in the wrong direction and struck a metal guardrail post. He had stuck his foot out of the truck before striking the post, and his foot was crushed between the truck and the post.
An employee was walking/working in an aisle when a metal tray weighing approximately 350 pounds was knocked off the third shelf of an adjacent racking system. The tray hit the floor and then hit the employee. He suffered a fractured left femur and a hematoma over one eye.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 335912)
An employee was demonstrating how to disassemble and reassemble a metal filter unit from the cathode powder transfer line. During the open/close operation of an automated valve, the employee s latex glove became caught. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left index finger.
On March 5, 2025, an employee was pushing an 8-foot x 12-foot x 2-foot electrical panel weighing 3 tons into the electrode room when the panel tipped over, striking his leg. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.