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

Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD

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

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD, 3005 Progress St, DOVER, OHIO 44622 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was trying to unclog a filter on a deflasher machine when the airlocks caught the employee's right thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. The airlock was not locked out and was turning at the time of the incident.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Inca Presswood-Pallets, LTD.

A maintenance employee was cleaning a sensor on a press machine when the press moved, catching the employee's foot. The employee sustained a leg fracture.

Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD

On May 5, 2022, a conveyor caught an employee's leg as he stepped over it during maintenance. His leg was broken.

INCA PRESSWOOD-PALLETS, LTD.

An employee was checking on a maintenance employee who was working on a deflasher when the turn table came down and pinned his left forearm, fracturing it and requiring surgery.

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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.

Pallet Bros. ATX, LLC

An employee was cutting wood with a miter saw when their clothing was pulled into the blade, resulting in a bicep laceration. The employee was hospitalized. The blade cover was not in place at the time of the incident.

GERRITY INDUSTRIES

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

Burgess Manufacturing of Oklahoma Inc.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.

Kamps, Inc

An employee was operating a bubble wrap production line. He was splicing the ends of the film rolls together with tape when a driven roll contacted his hand. His hand and arm were pulled into the machine up to his shoulder. The employee's forearm contacted the the hot surface (230-500 F) of the bubble stamping cylinder. He was hospitalized with burns to the forearm that required surgery and crushing injuries to the hand and forearm without fractures.

Iron City Wood Products, Inc.

An employee was operating a pallet dismantling saw. A board became stuck, and the employee tried to pull the pallet. When the board broke, the employee's right hand made contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of the right middle finger above the second knuckle.

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.