Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PAC Worldwide Corporation, 3131 Cincinnati Dayton Rd, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 45044
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a film roller in a vacuum forming machine. The employee was pulled into the machine, and all four fingers and part of the thumb on the employee's left hand were amputated.
On September 23, 2024, an employee was filling a hot glue tank with glue pellets when he sustained second- and third-degree burns to four fingers on his right hand. The employee was not wearing personal protective equipment at the time.
An employee was rewebbing a machine when their right little finger was caught in a nip roller and amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.
On June 10, 2018, an employee was clearing a jam in the polybag machine. The machine cycled and the heated pins used to punch holes into the plastic bags amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.
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 326112)
An employee was using straps to secure a load inside a transport trailer. The employee was standing on a stack of finished goods that was three pallets high. Each pallet was 16 inches high. He was walking from the stack of three pallets onto a stack of two pallets when he lost his balance and fell onto another stack of finished goods (that was two pallets high) and then landed on the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.
An employee was unclogging a resin sifting machine. The rotary sifter's automatic system activated and the sifter blade struck the employee's fingertip, causing an avulsion. The fingertip was medically amputated.
An employee was helping to remove a roll of plastic from a line when the tail stock on the machine snapped back and caught the employee's right middle fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.
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.