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

UniControl Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UniControl Inc., 1111 Brookpark Road, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44109 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was troubleshooting the pneumatic plunger under the conveyor belt track of a heat stacker machine when his left index finger was caught by the lift table, causing a fingertip amputation.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Machinery, unspecified

Unicontrol, Inc.

On November 14, 2016, an employee suffered a right index fingertip amputation while operating a pneumatic crimper machine in the assembly area.

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DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

Alsco Inc.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Ring Energy Inc.

The belt on an air compressor had just been put back into place after turning upside down. An employee was working to take a picture of the identifying numbers on the belt so that a replacement could be ordered when the compressor rolled, causing the pulley to spin. The employee's right index finger was caught between the pulley and the belt, and the fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

Automatic Environmental System

An employee was receiving a 660-pound beverage vending machine for repair. While the machine was being moved from the back of the van to the lift gate, the caster wheel was caught between the van and the lift, causing the machine to fall onto the employee and pin him from the waist down. The employee was hospitalized with three pelvic fractures, a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), injury to a knee cap, and pain in the lower back/spine.

The Fletcher Group Automation, Inc

An employee was debugging/troubleshooting the teach sensor on a load-handling device (LHD) inside of a cell. The LHD unexpectedly moved to the home location and struck the employee on their head. The employee sustained a head injury, an aspiration-induced lung injury, and fractures to his lower back and right ankle.

Trane U.S. Inc.

The injured employee was holding a pipe while another employee was un-soldering a line. The line split apart and sprayed residual oil on the employee who was holding the pipe. The injured employee sustained second-degree burns to their left hand and arm.

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.