Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eastwood Manufacturing Ltd., 2734 S. Kohler Road, ORRVILLE, OHIO 44667
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a 16-inch pop-up saw to cut pieces of lumber. The employee's left hand was between the saw guard and blade when the cycle button was pressed. The saw then amputated three fingers on the employee's left hand.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 337910)
On April 14, 2025, an employee was fixing a belt on a mattress tape machine. The belt had folded over; as he was unfolding it, it caught his right ring finger and pulled it into a roller. He suffered a partial amputation through the finger bone.
An employee was stepping down from an order picker when they tripped over the forks of another electric pallet jack that was parked nearby and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a displaced pilon fracture to their left tibia.
On January 11, 2023, an employee was operating a saw machine. He stepped onto the cutting table and fell backward approximately 20 inches onto the floor. He struck his head and neck on the metal frame of the equipment and was hospitalized.
The injured employee had been using a powered industrial truck to unload a delivery of foam buns coming into the plant. He went to assist the operator of a carousel saw in getting a foam bun to go through the saw. The injured employee got on top of the foam bun which was on the saw table and his hands and knees depressed into the bun. His left kneecap was lacerated by the saw blade as the bun went through the saw. The employee was hospitalized with tendon damage that required surgery.
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.