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

SCHOLASTIC ADC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SCHOLASTIC ADC, 6325 STERTZER RD , JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI 65101 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was lining up a slip sheet by hand on a pallet when a forklift operator he was working with activated the slip sheet push and pull attachment, which grabbed the employee's fingers, resulting in an amputation of the first joint of the left index finger.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

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.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

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.

Follett Higher Education Group, LLC

An employee was cutting a museum board with a large cutter attached to the wall. The blade fell and struck the employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation and hospitalization.

Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc.

An employee was helping a customer in a store's front register area. A car struck the storefront, detaching a shelving unit and a counter. The employee suffered a foot injury and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

ThriftBooks

The injured employee was loading books into a gondola from a protected hydraulic tipper and transporting the gondola to a staging area with the assistance of another employee. While putting the gondola bin in the staging area, the injured employee removed his hand from the handles and placed them on the top rail. His right pinky finger was then caught and pinched between the bin on his gondola and a second gondola's bin. As a result, the employee's right pinky finger was amputated at the top joint.

Scholastic Book Fairs

Employee was driving an electric pallet jack straight down on a ramp when she lost control and pinned her left leg between the mid-rail and the pallet jack, resulting in a fracture.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.