Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fort Recovery Industries, 2440 State Route 49, FORT RECOVERY, OHIO 45846
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was checking a recompression evaporator when a moving fan blade inside the machine lacerated his left ring and little fingers. The employee underwent surgery, and the little finger was medically amputated.
An employee was operating the shop blaster. The employee was working at the rear of the machine. As he moved toward the front of the machine, he tripped over a pallet and fell on the pallet. The employee sustained a broken right femur, broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured shoulder.
While moving a box with parts, an employee tripped over the corner of a pallet, fell, and hit the corner of the table. The employee suffered hematoma to the left breast area and a knee, as well as a blood clot.
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.
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.
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.
An employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on ice near the gutter downspout and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to their right hip at the proximal end of the femur.
An employee was operating a hammer machine to forge a heated nickel alloy billet. A fragment of the material broke off and struck the employee in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to have the piece of metal removed from his abdomen.
An employee was taking the temperature of a furnace and a foundry crucible when the crucible broke and splashed molten metal onto the employee's back and neck causing burns. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was welding a steel casting (weighing approximately 650 lbs.) when the casting moved and fell on his right foot, resulting in a crushed right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was lifting a component into a water blast machine when their right middle finger got caught between the lifting hook of the hoist and the component resulting in a fingertip 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.