Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Little Tikes Company, 2180 Barlow Rd., HUDSON, OHIO 44236
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On December 17, 2016, an employee was attempting to clear a jam during a plastic grinding process when the airlock's rotating mechanical paddle wheel caught the employee's hand. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.
An employee was standing on the back of a box truck when he turned and fell off. The fall was approximately 42 inches. He hit his head and was hospitalized.
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 retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was retrieving items while on a ladder when she lost her footing and fell to the tile floor. The employee sustained a fracture to her left elbow.
An employee completed maintenance on a de-energized conveyor. When the conveyor was restarted, the employee went to remove an oil spill and his left hand was caught in the conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ring finger, a finger laceration, and required surgery for his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cutting frame trim using a fillet cutter when his right index finger slipped and contacted the blade. His fingertip was severed, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.