Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at San Fab Conveyor, 2000 Superior St., SANDUSKY, OHIO 44870
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's hand became caught in a moving conveyor chain as a conveyor was being tested on February 23, 2016. His second and third fingers were amputated.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333922)
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On November 25, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., two employees were moving a metal staging pallet that was located in an automation cell. The injured employee slipped and their left middle finger was crushed between the pallet and metal frame of the machine, resulting in an amputation to the finger padding.
On October 22, 2024, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was forming a stand leg on a standard brake press. As they were readjusting the part, the tip of their right thumb was caught in the brake press, resulting in a partial amputation. The incident occurred during training.
An employee was cleaning welding debris from a steel part that was in a fixture. The part moved, cut through the employee's cut-resistant glove, and amputated their right middle fingertip.
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.