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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 8121 NE HIGHWAY 69, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64119 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was working in a body manufacturing shop when his fingers were caught by a conveyor. Two fingertips were amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

An employee was backing an electric industrial carrier into a dolly when their fingers were caught between the vehicle and the bar on the line resulting in amputation of the fingertips on their right middle and ring fingers.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

A forklift struck an overhead fan and some racking. The fan fell onto an employee working on the dock, who suffered lacerations and ruptures to the spleen and liver. The employee was hospitalized.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

An employee was working with an electric socket gun while training another employee. The trigger on the socket gun was activated and the employee's glove became caught, resulting in an amputation of the right index finger below the knuckle.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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.

Ford Motor Company

An employee was walking to her workstation when she tripped on a wheel that was sticking out from a cart. The employee fell onto an ergonomic mat on the floor, landing on her knees. The employee sustained a non-displaced fracture of the left tibia and a non-displaced fracture of the right fibula.

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N. S. Giles Foundations, Inc.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

Weld Mech, Inc.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

Axium Packaging LLC

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

PanTerra Energy

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

Graphic Packaging International

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

F & P America Mfg., Inc.

An employee was walking on a dock plate to open the door for the next trailer. He tripped on a cargo strap that was laying on the dock and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

DONGWON AUTOPART TECHNOLOGY GEORGIA, LLC

On September 18, 2025, an employee was rolling a stack of two steel racks containing automobile bumpers when the top rack dropped, pinching their right little finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation.

Versalift Southwest

An employee spent about 4 1/2 hours working outdoors, servicing a boom lift on a truck. He was hospitalized with heat stress.

REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc.

An employee was exiting an ambulance when his foot slipped, causing him to hit either the portable aluminum step or the concrete floor. He suffered a broken left elbow.

Ford Motor Company - Chicago Stamping Plant

Two employees were sliding a 200-pound steel mounting plate off a worktable onto the forks of a forklift. They slid the plate until it was half on the table and half on the forklift, and were making an adjustment to get the plate fully on the forklift when the plate pinched one employee's left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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.