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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Fresh Mark Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fresh Mark Inc., 1888 Southway St., MASSILLON, OHIO 44646 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

On December 10, 2015, an employee amputated the right index finger between the second and third knuckle while clearing a jam at the bacon bellies paper cutter.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Butchering machinery

Fresh Mark Inc.

An employee was cleaning a sheeter transfer conveyor. He was cleaning the conveyor support bars when his left hand was caught and pulled into a conveyor sprocket. He suffered a fracture, a laceration, and tendon/nerve damage to the hand and was hospitalized.

Fresh Mark Inc.

Two employees were transporting a loaded product cart, with one employee pushing and the injured employee pulling in front. As they moved the product cart into a cooler, a wheel on the cart caught the lip of a drain and began to tip forward. The injured employee went to catch the cart and his hand was caught between the lip of the cart and the floor. The employee sustained an amputation to the distal interphalangeal joint of the left middle finger.

Fresh Mark, Inc.

On February 3, 2025, an employee was clearing a jam on a conveyor using a hooking tool when the tip of the hook caught on the conveyor. Her right hand was pulled against the suppression tunnel and the hook, resulting in amputation of the little finger at the second knuckle.

Fresh Mark Inc.

An employee was waiting for packages to come down the production line on a conveyor, when their hand was caught in the conveyor belt and pulled into the conveyor sprocket, causing a partial amputation of the left little finger.

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An employee was operating a reach truck when it began to slide on a wet floor. The employee's left foot slipped out of the truck and was caught between it and a pallet table. The employee suffered an open fracture to the foot.

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DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

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.

Lakeside Foods

An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation

An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.

Johnsonville, LLC

An employee was cleaning a part on a pedestal grinder. The employee's middle finger contacted the abrasive wheel, resulting in a partial amputation.

Cargill, Incorporated

A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.

United States Postal Service

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.

Foundation Steel, LLC

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.

GXO Logistics

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.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

American Electric Power Company

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.