Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kokosing Construction Company Inc., I-70 & I-71 , COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was handling a concrete road barrier when an automated lifting bracket moved and crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in amputation injuries.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMaterial and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Kokosing Construction Company Inc.
An employee was rotating a vibratory hammer to extract steel sheeting when his right ring and little fingers got pinched between the hammer and a stationary pipe that was coming up out of the ground next to the steel sheeting. The employee suffered a crush injury to his ring and little fingers as well as a partial amputation of the ring finger.
On October 18, 2023, an employee was refueling a dozer while standing on its treads. The dozer moved forward and the employee fell off the treads toward the back of the equipment and landed on the ground sustaining a fractured left leg and kneecap.
On April 7, 2023, at approximately 9:30 AM, an employee finished removing a coupler and was between a the boom and stationary digging bucket on the ground. The excavator activated and swung toward the bucket. The employee sustained a crushed pelvis.
On January 28, 2021, a crane block and hook had been lowered to the ground for removal from the crane. As the crane load hook came in contact with the ground, an employee tried to rotate the load hook so the block/sheaves would come to rest in a vertical position on the ground. The hook became unstuck and his right foot was wedged between it and the load block. His little toe was broken.
On September 18, 2019, an employee was directing a fork truck operator and was struck by the forks, suffering a broken right lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 236210)
An employee was fixing a broken purlin at a worksite when they fell from the framing to the concrete floor approximately 19 feet below. The employee sustained brain bleeding and fractures to their face, vertebrae, and wrists.
Employees were removing scaffolding that was used to repair an ion exchange tank. The line was undergoing the regen process when a piece of scaffold struck a PVC pipe that transported hydrochloric acid (HCl). The injured employee was placing material inside a scaffold rack when he was sprayed in the face with HCl and sustained chemical burns to his eyes, face, chest, right arm, and left leg.
An employee was moving a ramming machine to a staging area. While using the controls on the side of the machine, there was a sudden heavy rainfall causing the equipment to slide. The ramming machine tipped over and caught the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right side of their pelvis and was hospitalized.
The injured employee was training a new employee on a dough machine. She went to show where the batter comes from and her right index fingertip was cut. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a roller machine on a dirt slope when the machine hit a bump and fell onto it's side. While trying to get free of the falling machine, the employee's legs were pinned by the top bar of the cage. The employee was hospitalized and his left leg was amputated. He also sustained fractures to a hand and finger.
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.