Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KTH Leesburg Products, 405 Industrial Blvd, LEESBURG, ALABAMA 35983
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
While pushing a basket with steel frames, an employee came in close proximity to a pole with a cage around it. The employee's finger was caught and amputated between the pole and the basket.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was walking on a dock plate to open the door for the next trailer. He tripped on a cargo strap that was laying on the dock and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
On September 18, 2025, an employee was rolling a stack of two steel racks containing automobile bumpers when the top rack dropped, pinching their right little finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation.
An employee was exiting an ambulance when his foot slipped, causing him to hit either the portable aluminum step or the concrete floor. He suffered a broken left elbow.
Two employees were sliding a 200-pound steel mounting plate off a worktable onto the forks of a forklift. They slid the plate until it was half on the table and half on the forklift, and were making an adjustment to get the plate fully on the forklift when the plate pinched one employee's left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
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