Nordson Corporation

An employee was cleaning the dressing wheel on a grinder. The rag he was using fell between the wheels and pulled his left hand into the wheel. The finger was cut down to the first joint.

An employee was using a 4-foot mobile staircase to retrieve a part from an inventory rack. The employee missed the bottom step while descending the staircase and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.

An employee was attempting to remove residue from a machine's chain when the employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The machine was running at the time.

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was in a physical altercation with a colleague when his hip was fractured.

An employee was working on an assembly line in the production facility. He was on the south part of the aisle, checking for debris in the system, and went to remove a screw. His left foot became caught in a wheel on a track along the assembly line. All of the toes on his left foot were amputated.

An employee tripped while assembling machinery components and fell to the floor, suffering a broken leg.

A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.

On July 3, 2024, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was installing a pulling sheave in an electrical gear when they received a high-voltage electrical shock and sustained arc flash burns.

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.