Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Liqui-Box, 1817 Masters Ave., ASHLAND, OHIO 44805
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On October 25, 2017, an employee suffered a tuft fracture/amputation to the right thumb while attempting to re-feed the bag making machine. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was preparing to remove a jammed spout from a spout block. The employee attempted to manually lift the spout block by pushing up on the cylinder underneath to get to the spout. The spout block came back down and caught his hand, causing a laceration and fracture. He was hospitalized. The machine was locked out and de-energized at the time.
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.
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.
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.
At about 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 2025, a Sealer Air Corp. employee suffered a broken right tibia while stepping down from a conveyor to the floor 19 inches below.
An employee was troubleshooting around the secondary draw rollers of a bag machine when their left index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the rollers. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to one of the fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was clearing a jam from the rewinder when their hand was pulled into a rotating part of the machine, fracturing one finger and dislocating another.
An employee was stepping down from a two-step ladder when the ladder slipped out from underneath them. The employee fell and landed on a sidekick trailer jack, resulting in four fractured ribs, including two ribs with multiple breaks, and a pulmonary contusion.
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.