Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Phifer, Inc., 4400 Kauloosa Ave, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 35403
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was threading woven material through the take-up device on a loom when his right middle finger entered the pinch point between the rollers while he was jogging them. As he pulled his finger back, the rollers fractured his fingertip and removed his fingernail.
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.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 313210)
On August 25, 2025, a machine operator was working on the heat-set end of a textile bleach/prep range machine. He was running leader cloth and it was bunching up. He climbed a catwalk so he could reach the cloth and flatten it out. His right hand was caught in a nip roll while adjusting the cloth. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
An employee was making a fiber. He used his right hand to smooth the ends of polypropylene yarn and ensure they wrapped evenly onto a beam, spinning at 7 RPM. Some yarn got wrapped around his right middle finger and lacerated the finger and removed the nail, resulting in a distal amputation.
An employee was climbing down a ladder from the top of a machine 8 feet above the ground. He missed the second-to-last rung from the bottom and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.
On July 19, 2024, an employee was preparing to start the warp machine and was wrapping the yarned ends around the beam. Their right hand went behind the beam and between the press roll, bypassing the guard. When the machine started, it crushed their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a utility knife to remove film from a roll of material for a coder machine when the knife became stuck. He pulled his arm back to free the knife. When the knife came free, it cut his left arm between the wrist and elbow.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.