YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Graham Packaging Company L.P.
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Graham Packaging Company L.P., 500 Windsor Street, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17403 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove a plastic label from a plastic blow molding machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
More severe injuries at Graham Packaging Company L.P.
FINDLAY, OHIO—
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY L. P.
An employee was attempting to clear a jammed pallet from inside a palletizer and suffered a fractured nose, a fractured left orbital bone, and a forehead laceration.
MASON, OHIO—
Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
An employee was walking out from between two forklifts when they were struck by a forklift. The employee was knocked backward and struck the floor, resulting in a contusions to the lumbar and wrist areas as well as brain hemorrhaging.
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Graham Packaging Company L.P.
On June 28, 2022, an employee fell while climbing down a ladder, landed on the concrete floor 4 to 6 feet below, and suffered a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.
FINDLAY, OHIO—
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY L. P.
An employee was cleaning around a blower machine and noticed labels stuck inside. She was attempting to remove the labels when her left index finger was caught in the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
MASON, OHIO—
Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
Maintenance employees were moving a catwalk with a forklift. The catwalk fell off the forks and struck the legs of one of the maintenance employees. The employee suffered broken bones in both legs.
View Graham Packaging Company L.P.'s full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA—
Service Wire Company
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA—
Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.
MCALLEN, TEXAS—
Fox Packaging
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI—
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO—
ITW Bedford Wire
An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 326160)
PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA—
RESILUX AMERICA, LLC
An employee was watching as a technician worked with a machine. The machine's parts were manually moved while the employee's hand was inside the machine, and his fingertip was amputated. The incident took place during a training activity.
SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY—
Comar LLC
On October 14, 2025, an employee was on a step platform showing another employee the support bracket for a blow pin assembly on a blow molding machine that needed repaired. The blow pin assembly came up and pinched the injured employee's right middle finger, resulting in a broken finger and a laceration to the top of the hand.
UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS—
Yoshino America Corporation
On August 22, 2025, an employee was helping to move a 700-pound compressor cylinder cap head into position to slide down the bolt holes onto the bottom half of the cylinder. When a bolt hole aligned, his left index fingertip was caught in it. The cap came down and amputated the fingertip.
LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI—
Polytainers, Inc
A maintenance employee was working on a conveyor when his thumb was caught in the chain/sprocket area causing an amputation to the thumb tip. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS—
Silgan Closures America - Champaign, IL
On March 20, 2025, at approximately 11:02 AM, an employee was shrink wrapping a pallet when he lost his balance and fell to ground. The employee sustained a hip and leg injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
More severe injuries in PENNSYLVANIA
WYNNEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA—
Main Line Clinical Labs
An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
POCONO SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA—
Ardent Mills
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA—
Zimmerman & Herr
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
EBENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
McAneny Brothers, Inc.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA—
Metz Culinary Management LLC
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.