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

Pentaflex, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pentaflex, Inc., 4981 Gateway Blvd, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 45502 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

On 3/28/18, an employee was working on the air valves for a spot welder when the valve actuated, pinching and amputating the employee's pinky finger against the frame.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Welding machinery

N. S. Giles Foundations, Inc.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

Weld Mech, Inc.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

Axium Packaging LLC

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

PanTerra Energy

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

Graphic Packaging International

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

R&R Tool, Inc.

An employee was using a foot-pedal-operated shear press. While the employee was adjusting material in the press, it activated and crushed their left ring fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

Samuel Son & Company Inc.

An employee was tightening a bolt on a brass plate located on top of a die when the ram block underneath the press contacted their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. The ram block was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Natoli Engineering Company Inc.

An employee was cutting a 3-inch round stock on a miter saw and amputated his fingertip.

Thomson Linear, LLC

An employee was loading a steel bar into a thread-rolling machine. The employee attempted to reposition the bar when it started spinning and caught his left glove. The employee's thumb was pulled into the feed table roller, resulting in fractures to the left thumb, wrist, and forearm.

TRUMPF, INC.

A commercial jet aircraft crashed into the northwest corner of the facility and a fire resulted. An employee inside the facility sustained burns to his head, neck, and back.

United States Postal Service

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.

Foundation Steel, LLC

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.

GXO Logistics

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.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

American Electric Power Company

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.