Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Envelope, LLC., 4890 Spring Grove Ave., SAINT BERNARD, OHIO 45232
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using steel wool to clean a high-speed patcher. It grabbed his right hand and crushed it; he was hospitalized and a finger was medically amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was leaning on a vacuum hose with their right hand. The hose collapsed and caused the employee's hand to go into the vacuum fan. Their right index fingertip was amputated.
An employee was attempting to clear a paper jam from a moving machine belt when the employee's left hand was caught by a pickup cylinder on the belt. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the back of the hand and palm, as well as a broken middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working on the 102-2 envelope machine while it was running. The employee was loosening a bolt with a wrench when the wrench slipped and the employee's right hand entered the machine's scoring section that includes a shaft and two blades. The blades amputated the employee's right index finger to the middle phalanx.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 322232)
An employee was making an adjustment on an envelope machine when their left hand was caught in a rotating part. The employee sustained three finger amputations.
An employee had been operating the envelope production line. As the employee was troubleshooting the line, the employee was caught in and struck by a rotating drive shaft resulting in a severe leg laceration requiring surgical repair.
An employee was investigating a noise coming from a guarded gearbox on the backside of his machine. He was moving a loose grease line when his finger slipped into the chain and sprocket located in the box resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.
An employee was pressing a rag against rollers inside a folding machine. When the machine was jogged, the rag and the tip of the employee's right index finger were pulled into the rollers. The finger was partially amputated.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.