Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Davis-Standard, LLC, 1 Extrusion Drive, PAWCATUCK, CONNECTICUT 06379
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was in a weld shop, using a powered metal shear. The employee's fingers were caught in the shear point of the equipment, which amputated the tips of three fingers on his left hand and amputated his right middle finger to the knuckle.
An employee was on a ladder over an extrusion machine, handling a 1,500-pound screw that was hanging from a crane. The employee felt as if he would fall and grabbed the screw. The screw then swung and crushed his right little finger against the machine. He suffered an avulsion and broken bones and was hospitalized.
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 333249)
An employee was cleaning the floor by a belt conveyor when their right arm contacted the pulley/belting. His arm was pulled into the conveyor assembly, resulting in a fracture to his upper arm.
A backhoe tractor was moving gravel into a 1-foot-deep trench, and an employee was helping spread the gravel. The trench had been partly filled and the tractor was returning to it with a load of stone when its raised bucket struck the employee, who was standing in the trench. He was hospitalized, having suffered an abdominal injury that caused internal bleeding.
An employee was inside the frame of a traveling water screen that was up on sawhorses. The employee was working to fit a foot-shaft assembly onto the boot section when their left index finger was crushed and fractured between the sprocket and the set collar or chain. The fingertip was amputated.
On July 26, 2025, an employee was assembling a custom-designed automation line. During troubleshooting, he made contact with a photoelectric sensor that was part of the machine s part detection system. This triggered a small pneumatic crimping cylinder, which activated and came down on the tip of his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation without bone loss.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.