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

GVS Filtration, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GVS Filtration, Inc., 2150 Industrial Drive, FINDLAY, OHIO 45840 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

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On September 12, 2020, an employee was attempting to remove jammed material from a click press when the machine amputated their left index, middle and ring fingers at the phalanx.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Presses, except printing, unspecified

DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

Advanced Air Technologies, Inc.

An employee was using a multimeter to ensure proper power supply to a newly repaired rotary screw air compressor before running a voltage test. An electrical arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to both the employee's hands and their face.

Service-Tech Corporation

An employee was on the roof of a building, putting plastic around a dust collector, when their left middle finger was caught in a grinder insider the dust collector. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

Diversitech Corporation

On August 4, 2025, an employee was fixing a jammed carousel and using a hook to manually adjust the carousel by hand. The hook slipped off and the employee fell to the concrete ground, resulting in hospitalization for a fractured right hip.

HEPNER AIR FILTER SERVICE, INC.

An employee was replacing a screen on a rooftop HVAC unit when the rotating exhaust fan blade contacted their right index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation at the first knuckle.

JF Filtration

An employee was changing an air filter when the door to the HVAC closed due to wind. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb at the nailbed.

United States Postal Service

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.

Foundation Steel, LLC

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.

GXO Logistics

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.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

American Electric Power Company

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.