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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

TENNECO INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TENNECO INC., 1601 HIGHWAY 49B, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was reaching for a part to be welded with his right hand while his left hand was on an oil table that contained a conveyor. The conveyor cycled by itself, amputating his left middle and index fingertips.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Tenneco, Inc.

An employee was walking to the breakroom, tripped over a container tote, and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a left ankle fracture.

Tenneco, Inc.

A maintenance employee was conducting repairs on the conveyor belt of an automatic palletizer. The employee's shirt fell in front of a sensor causing the equipment to energize. The employee's right middle finger was caught by chains within the conveyor belt motor resulting in a partial amputation.

Tenneco Inc.

An employee was performing an air check on an articulated dump truck when their finger was pinched in the clamping mechanism on the lift assist. The employee's right middle finger was amputated above the distal interphalangeal joint.

Tenneco Inc.

An employee was responding to a work order relating to a machine that was not cooling when the lid of the machine lowered onto the employee's thumb. They sustained a left thumb fracture and partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Tenneco Inc.

An employee had just replaced a broken sprocket and put in a new chain on a high-volume oil conveyor. The chain seized up. As he tried to free it, it took off and his left index finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The fingertip was amputated halfway up the nail.

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Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

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.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

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.

Saint Jean Industries, Inc.

An employee was using a forklift to dump metal into a furnace. The furnace exploded, causing burns to multiple parts of the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.

ATCO Products, Inc.

An employee was preparing to bend a steel tube by loading it into a computer numerical control (CNC) bender's clamping jaws. Her right middle fingertip was caught in the clamping saws, resulting in an amputation.

Tenneco, Inc.

An employee was walking to the breakroom, tripped over a container tote, and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a left ankle fracture.

HUTCHENS INDUSTRIES INC.

An employee was running a coil into the die when his hand slipped and contacted the cut-off hole of the die. The employee sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the left middle finger.

Air Lift Company

An employee was entering the building when he missed a 4-inch ledge and fell to the floor, resulting in a tear to the soleus muscle in the right leg.

NATIONAL MILL MAINTENANCE, LLC

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

Big River Steel, LLC

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

American Tile & Marble Co., Inc

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

Johnson Industrial Coatings, LLC.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.