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

Kykenkee, Inc.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kykenkee, Inc., 18719 Highway 11 North, VANCE, ALABAMA 35490 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was operating a saw when the blade amputated their right index finger and thumb.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was removing wood scraps from a concrete pad where he was to deliver sawdust. The wood scraps moved and he fell to the concrete pad. The employee sustained a fractured greater trochanter on their left femur.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was stepping onto a short ladder to reach and connect an electrical line when he slipped. The lower portion of the right side of his ribcage struck the deck at the top of the ladder, resulting in a lacerated spleen. The employee required surgery.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was using a pike to pull a log that had become misaligned on a deck when the log crushed the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized and their left little toe was surgically amputated.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was separating board lumber by size at the flat deck. Their left ring finger came into contact with a 22-inch spinning saw blade and was amputated.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was walking across a trimmer saw when they lost balance and fell. The employee extended their right hand to steady themself and their glove was caught by the drive belt of a pulley. Their hand was drawn into the pulley, resulting in amputations to the index, middle, and ring fingers.

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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.

Claude Howard Lumber Company

An employee was repairing a photo eye on the infeed roll case when they dropped a tool. The employee went to grab the tool and his fingers contacted the chain and sprocket of the infeed roll case. His fingers were pulled into the pinch point and the fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputation of one fingertip.

Shintech Inc

An employee was troubleshooting dispersing equipment. A belt and pulley system was energized, and the moving belt caught the employee's right ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation at the first knuckle, below the nail.

West Fraser, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the photo eye sensors of a piece of equipment between the saw that cuts lumber into lengths and boards. The employee stepped on a metal grate that gave way and fell 8-10 feet. The employee was able to remove himself from the conveyor. His tibia was fractured just below the knee.

SWS Sawmill, LLC

An employee was working to get a log back onto a carriage. The employee came into contact with the running saw, which amputated their arm.

IDAHO FOREST GROUP, LLC

While refilling a lubricant tank, an employee observed that a pump was not operating correctly. While troubleshooting the issue, the employee reached toward the back of the pump to check for proper airflow. Their left index finger contacted moving components in the pump's piston mechanism, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip.

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

Birdsong Corporation

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.