Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BMC East, LLC, 3356 Lincoln Highway, PARADISE, PENNSYLVANIA 17562
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a vertical stacker to raise trusses. When the employee pushed the stacker bar over, it started to fall. As the employee tried to catch it, the stacker pinched and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was using a miter saw to cut pine wood blocking stock. The wood stock was pulled into the sawblade, which amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand, also lacerating the thumb.
On November 01, 2017, at approximately 3:45 p.m., an employee was helping to unload materials at a receiving dock. The employee was next to a pallet of columns measuring approximately 10 feet long and approximately 6 feet high. A forklift operator was on the opposite side of the columns and manipulating them when the pallet and columns tipped over, causing the employee to fall between the trailer and a guard system. He hit the concrete approximately 4 feet below, fracturing his neck and back.
An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of doors when he bumped into a stack of mirrors on a pallet. As he attempted to stop the mirrors from falling, his right arm was lacerated by the sharp edges of a mirror.
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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On August 5, 2025, an employee was exiting a room when his left middle and ring fingers became caught in the door as it shut. The middle fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
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