Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fuyao Glass America, 800 Fuyao Avenue, MORAINE, OHIO 45439
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was transferring a PVB table from the PVB stretch machine when the middle fingertip on his left hand was compressed between the PVB table and the base of the table holding the PVB table. As a result, he sustained a left middle fingertip tissue amputation (no bone loss or removal of fingernail).
On July 5, 2025, an employee was working to lubricate the chain on an autoclave machine in the coating factory. Their left index finger was caught in the machine resulting in surgical amputation at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time, but was not locked out/tagged out.
An employee tripped and tried to catch themself. Their left hand was caught in a chain and sprocket that drives the rollers for a furnace, and they suffered a partial amputation to the middle finger at the first joint.
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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.
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.
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