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

N.B. WEST CONTRACTING CO.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at N.B. WEST CONTRACTING CO., 3105 Highway FF, BOURBON, MISSOURI 65441 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee's left thumb tip was amputated by a rotating belt and pulley. The belt and pulley were guarded at the time.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Machinery, unspecified

Service Wire Company

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

Oriental Trading Company, Inc.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

Fox Packaging

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

ITW Bedford Wire

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

CertainTeed LLC

An employee was coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tarco of Texas, Inc.

Employees had just finished re-lacing a line through a machine. As they were preparing to make a splice, one employee's left index finger was crushed between two pull rollers. The finger was amputated.

GS II, Inc.

An employee was replacing a pop-up roller between the drop plate table and the far stacker conveyor after clearing a jam. The pop-up roller became hung up on the frame of the roller flight conveyor. The employee s hand then became caught between the pop-up roller and the belts on the drop table. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right hand excluding the fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

ABH Enterprises, Inc.

On May 6, 2025, a temporary employee was loading a sheet of fiberglass between two rollers on a roofing material machine. The top roller was not rotating. The roller fell and pinched his left ring fingertip, causing a partial amputation of the finger that required surgery.

Johns Manville

An employee was about to dump sand from a hopper, raised on the forks of a forklift. As the hopper's weight shifted forward and it began to dump, the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the forklift fork and the metal frame of the hopper. The fingertip was crushed, and the employee underwent a medical amputation at the first knuckle.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.