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

Ohio Paper Tube

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ohio Paper Tube, 3422 Navarre Rd. SW, CANTON, OHIO 44706 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was operating a tube winder and amputated three fingers on the left hand.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Winders, unwinders

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.

OX Paper Tube and Core, Inc.

An employee was retrieving material from a machine. The machine's cutting wheel amputated about 2 centimeters of the employee's fingertip.

Yazoo Mills, Incorporated

An employee was using sandpaper to sand a mandrel on a re-cutter. The sandpaper snagged on the mandrel and pulled the employee's gloved right hand into the machine. The hand was amputated and the skin was torn off up to the elbow.

MERRIMAC SPOOL & REEL CO., INC.

An employee was operating an industrial stapling machine and was wiping excess oil off of the tip of the machine when the machine stapled/lacerated a finger.

RX SYSTEMS INC.

At approximately 1:00 a.m., on 7/15/2019, a machine operator was performing a maintenance procedure on a board press. The operator was connecting a wire when a cog (wheel) grabbed her right hand and damaged the tissue between the thumb and index finger and knuckles.

OMEGA CONTAINER, INC.

An employee was attempting to remove a metal lid that had been stamped and was stuck in a punch press die when the press was activated via the foot pedal, causing it to cycle and sever his left hand.

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.