Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Circle Graphics, Inc., 1061 VENTURE BLVD., WOOSTER, OHIO 44691
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to fix a flap near the cutter on a sealer machine. The machine caught her fingers and amputated her right ring fingertip.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A temporary employee suffered a partial amputation of the distal phalanx (fingertip bone) on her right hand. The employee's finger was caught between the metal spindle of a fabric roller and the "pay-out cradle" when she was loading an 87 pound canvas roll into the cutting machine. The cause of the amputation was not related to the fabric cutting mechanism. The amputation was a result of her finger being pinched between the end of the fabric spindle that extends through the shaft of the fabric roll and the cradle which holds that spindle in place.
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.
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.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 339950)
An employee was operating a hand-powered drill to drill holes into plastic clips. The drill bit snagged on a plastic clip and spun the clip around, resulting in an a laceration to her left index finger that required surgical amputation.
An employee was using a table saw to make a dado cut on a piece of wood. The piece of wood contacted the blade, which pulled in the employee's hand. The blade severely cut the employee's left palm.
An employee was shearing sheet metal with a shear machine activated by a foot peddle. When he hit the foot pedal, one of the springs crushed his finger, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was working on a motorized screen when they fell approximately 3 feet from a step ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a face contusion and a fractured jaw.
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.