Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CB Manufacturing, 4475 Infirmary Road, MIAMISBURG, OHIO 45342
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting wood with a table saw to make a box for shipping. The employee turned the saw off and was trying to remove a piece of scrap wood when the blade amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was working to retrieve finished wire from a wire bender. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught between the blocks on the wire bender. The fingertip was amputated.
Employees were upgrading lighting fixtures in the accounting offices. The injured employee was on a ladder working on a ceiling light fixture. He came into contact with the metal grating surrounding the fixture and sustained an electrical shock that caused him to lose balance and fall approximately 3 to 4 feet to the floor. The injured employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a torn rotator cuff.
An employee was operating a 12" disc sander when the metal part he was working on got caught and it pinched and lacerated his left thumb and then popped up and struck his upper lip. This resulted in an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was servicing a transfer polishing machine. He was using a prybar to align a rail system when the prybar slipped and the equipment came down on his left hand. Their middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working at a hydraulic press. As he moved blanks in or out of the press, his left index finger was caught and crushed in its point of operation. The finger was medically amputated.
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.