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

Unicontrol, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Unicontrol, Inc., 11 Brookpark Road, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44109 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

On November 14, 2016, an employee suffered a right index fingertip amputation while operating a pneumatic crimper machine in the assembly area.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Bending, crimping machines

UniControl Inc.

An employee was troubleshooting the pneumatic plunger under the conveyor belt track of a heat stacker machine when his left index finger was caught by the lift table, causing a fingertip amputation.

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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.

Miratech Houston

A subcontractor employee was replacing sections of the roof when he fell through a hole in the roof about 25 feet to the ground. He landed on his feet and his legs gave out, causing him to fall to his side. The employee sustained bruises to his body, head, and face; fractures to his jaw, teeth, and left arm; and a dislocated left-hand digit.

Custom Components & Logistics

An employee was deburring a threaded shaft on a CNC lathe. The employee's sleeve was caught in the lathe. As he was dislodging the sleeve, both arms were caught in the lathe. His arms were wrapped around the threaded shaft, breaking both arms and removing flesh from the forearms.

WIKA Instrument, LP

On December 11, 2024, an employee was operating a machine that forms and cuts copper tubes when the saw blade contacted their left index finger, resulting in an amputation to the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time.

O'Brien Corporation

An employee was operating a wire stripper machine and may have been clearing a jam when the machine amputated their right index fingertip.

Motion Industries

An employee was getting out of the car when the strap on his bag broke. As he reached to grab his laptop, his walker moved, and the employee slipped and fell. The employee underwent hip surgery.

United States Postal Service

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.

Foundation Steel, LLC

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.

GXO Logistics

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.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

American Electric Power Company

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.