105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Honeywell

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Honeywell, 2221 Industrial Rd., NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA 68410 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was working at the diaphragm crimper when his finger was caught in the point of operation. His right middle fingertip was pinched and had to be amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Bending, crimping machines

Honeywell

An employee was servicing a rooftop exhaust fan when they sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb.

Honeywell

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in reverse when his left leg was pinned between the forklift and a guardrail. The employee sustained fractures of the bilateral femoral condyles, lateral tibial plateau and proximal fibula with moderate lipohemarthrosis, a contusion of the medial thigh adjacent to the greater saphenous vein without evidence of significant vascular injury, and a subcutaneous hematoma lateral to the left knee.

Honeywell

A temporary employee was using a stand-up reach truck to put away product in a storage rack area. The truck struck the upright supports on a rack, and the first three fingers on the employee's left hand were crushed between the two.

Honeywell

At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose.

Honeywell

An employee was on break in his vehicle and had taken his handgun out of his glove box and placed it onto his left thigh/leg. When he was putting the gun back in the glove box, it fired. He was hit in his left thigh, and the bullet exited through his left knee. He was hospitalized.

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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.

Neptune Technology Group, Inc

An employee was performing maintenance on the injection molding cannister vacuum receiver when the pneumatic cylinder actuated. The employee's finger was caught between the cylinder and the wall of the receiver, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Honeywell

An employee was on break in his vehicle and had taken his handgun out of his glove box and placed it onto his left thigh/leg. When he was putting the gun back in the glove box, it fired. He was hit in his left thigh, and the bullet exited through his left knee. He was hospitalized.

Neptune Technology Group, Inc

On 7/31/2018, at 1:00 AM, an employee was inspecting an auto-pour machine shuttle that was not operating normally. He was bent over with his hand on the rail of the shuttle when the equipment unexpectedly engaged. The shuttle's front roller then amputated his left pinky finger.

Elster American Meter Company, LLC

An employee was holding a metal diaphragm ring with a nylon stick (tool). The roller used to make the lip on a metal ring (diaphragm) came off of the die inside of the machine, causing the piece to be pulled into the rollers as the machine cycled. The employee's right-hand ring finger was amputated by the rollers.

Neptune Technolgy Group

An employee received an amputation injury to his left middle finger while cleaning a water meter that was on a conveyor when his finger was caught in the power-driven roller on the conveyor.

Concrete Industries Nebraska City

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Cellar Crew LLC

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

BANB Farms Inc.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.