Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sealed Air Corp., 4400 Diplomacy Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76155
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to release materials caught in the knife area at the end of the flexible bagging machine when the guillotine knife blade amputated the first joint of the left index finger.
At about 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 2025, a Sealer Air Corp. employee suffered a broken right tibia while stepping down from a conveyor to the floor 19 inches below.
While walking down an aisle in the warehouse, an employee was struck by a forklift and subsequently fell. The employee sustained fractures to the right hip and left ankle.
A maintenance employee was storing the extruder track that is used to move the extruder to and from the die. He was wearing a cut resistant glove that caught on a bur. As he was sliding the track into the storage area, his finger got caught between the sliding rack and storage area.
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.
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.
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.
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An employee was making an adjustment on an envelope machine when their left hand was caught in a rotating part. The employee sustained three finger amputations.
An employee had been operating the envelope production line. As the employee was troubleshooting the line, the employee was caught in and struck by a rotating drive shaft resulting in a severe leg laceration requiring surgical repair.
An employee was investigating a noise coming from a guarded gearbox on the backside of his machine. He was moving a loose grease line when his finger slipped into the chain and sprocket located in the box resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.
An employee was pressing a rag against rollers inside a folding machine. When the machine was jogged, the rag and the tip of the employee's right index finger were pulled into the rollers. The finger was partially amputated.
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.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.