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

Federal Correctional Institution

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Federal Correctional Institution, 37900 North 45th Avenue, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85086 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was cutting a 1-inch steel tube with a bandsaw. The blade caught the tubing, and the employee's left thumb was pulled in toward it. The thumb tip was amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Band saws

Federal Correctional Institution

An employee was going through the inventory and sorting and removing empty containers. The employee was standing beside a stack of pallets that were on a pallet jack when a forklift drove into the stack. The stack tipped over, pinching the employee s right foot against a wall. The employee sustained an open fracture to the tibia/fibula, a crush injury to the right foot, lacerations to the medial ankle and calcaneal area, bruising, and swelling. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Federal Correctional Institution

An employee had run a water hose through a doorway and was trying to keep the metal door open when high winds blew the door shut on his left hand, partially amputating his index and middle fingers.

Federal Correctional Institution

An employee was standing on top of a plywood sheet to reach for something when he slipped and fell. The plywood sheet then fell onto his fingers, fracturing and lacerating them. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The plywood was not secure at the time of the incident.

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Leidy's LLC

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

Swift Beef Company

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

Kitchen Tune-Up

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

BBCJ LUMBER LLC

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

United States Penitentiary, Lee

An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.

CoreCivic Cimarron Correctional Facility

An employee was closing a door while holding the door handle behind him. The door closed on his finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Dept. of Agriculture - Forest Service

On September 25, 2025, an employee climbed an aluminum extension ladder and was on top of the roof of a building She was walking around on the roof, inspecting and evaluating it. She was descending the ladder when the ladder slid to the right and twisted around as she hung onto it. She then fell 10-12 feet to the paved parking lot and the ladder landed on top of her. She sustained a fractured left collarbone, multiple other fractures, and had bruising to the left side of her abdomen.

RHINO STAGING LLC

At about 5:55 p.m. on August 9, 2025, an employee lost his footing while climbing an access ladder to a 12-foot-high spotlight platform. He fell about 9 feet to the ground, breaking eight ribs on the right side.

Dept. of Homeland Security - CBP

On August 1, 2025, an employee was preparing to initiate canine training when they were bitten by a dog on the neck and face.

National Park Service Grand Canyon, Headquarters

An employee was completing an annual work capacity test. Later that night, the employee experienced severe pain in their left leg and was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis and compartment syndrome in the lower left leg.

Indian Health Service

An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.