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

Ohio Wire Form and Spring

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ohio Wire Form and Spring, 2270 South High Street, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43207 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was setting up a manual kick press when it cycled and amputated the employee's left index fingertip in a pinch point. The pinch point was unguarded at the time.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Scout Surface Solutions

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.

Maxwell Paper Products Co

An employee was being trained on a machine when a roller came down on their hand, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Turkey Hill LLC

An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.

Erie Strayer Company

An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.

Awning Works, Inc.

An employee measured aluminum material and began to make a cut on a saw. The blade of the saw got caught on an angle and the saw kicked back, amputating the employee's left index finger.

Handi-Foil Corp. dba Handi-Foil of America

An employee was under a machine, threading aluminum foil through it. The machine's jog button was pressed while the employee's right middle finger was in the roller, and the roller's blade amputated the employee's fingertip.

Skana Aluminum Co

An employee was helping a maintenance worker install the upper portion of a coil car back into place using a hoist. This part weighs about 1,000 pounds. While seating the upper section onto the mounting bolts, the employees were working to loosen a bolt. The injured employee s right hand was on an impact wrench and his other hand was on the nut. As it was loosening, the upper portion of the coil unit came loose and caught the injured employee s hand against the lower portion of the coil block. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries and an amputation to the middle finger of their left hand.

Tifton Aluminum Extrusions, Inc.

An employee was trying to lay metal flat on a cooling table from a safety basket. The arm of a tail stretcher machine caught the employee's right leg and broke the thigh.

JOSEPH FREEDMAN CO., INC.

An employee was holding a door when wind blew it. The door then caught and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.

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.