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

D-J Engineering, Inc..

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at D-J Engineering, Inc.., 219 W. Sixth Ave., AUGUSTA, KANSAS 67010 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was attempting to load a steel plate onto a work table for a water jet to cut when the piece shifted, and a finger on the employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point and amputated.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Metal plates, metal panels

TForce Freight

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

Liveo Research, Inc.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

Best Pump and Flow

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

An employee was walking from one building to another when he slipped on wet concrete and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and dislocation of the right patella.

Ralmark Company

An employee was operating a mechanical press and amputated their left index fingertip. The press was not locked out/tagged out.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

Woodward MPC, Inc.

An employee tripped over wire moldings and fell, sustaining a fractured left leg.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

Omya Inc.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

John Deere Coffeyville Works

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

Haven Steel Products Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Vestas-American Wind Tech

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

Alliance Ag and Grain LLC

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.