Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Weaber, Inc., 11117 Skyline Drive, TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16354
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a molding machine when a board got jammed in the machine. The employee shut down the machine and was clearing the jam when his right hand contacted the still moving cutting blades resulting in an amputation.
An employee was operating a finger jointer machine when their hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in an amputation to their left ring fingertip.
An employee was sorting carts in the flow area when the tip of their ring finger was crushed between the cart they were moving and another cart, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was stepping from a platform onto a conveyor support to reach a board that was jammed. His right foot became caught on the roller drive chain, resulting in the amputation of two or three toes. The chain was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was adjusting the position of a wood slab on a conveyor when their glove was caught between the slab and the frame of the entry chute. They sustained a laceration to the fourth finger and a partial amputation to the fifth finger on the right hand.
An employee was operating a chop saw to cross-cut out sections of bad wood. While clearing a piece of wood, the saw actuated, contacting the employee's left hand. The employee suffered a laceration to their thumb and index finger, and surgical amputation of the left index fingertip.
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 operating a panel saw when a piece of wood got stuck in the dust collection vent. He was clearing the jam when the pressure bar (that holds the material) came down on his right hand and crushed his fingers. He sustained partial amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
On September 3, 2025, a lumber handler was cutting a board with a circular saw when the saw blade grabbed his glove and pulled his hand into the saw. The blade amputated his left index finger and lacerated his left ring finger.
An employee was adjusting self-dumping steel hopper to get it to latch onto the tines of a forklift. He rocked the hopper back and forth to dump. The hopper slid off the forklift and fell about 2-3 feet down onto his legs. The employee sustained a cut on his head, a bruise on his face, and both his ankles were fractured.
An employee was using his left arm to pull a piece of lumber from a chain, which was on his right side, to stack it on a lumber bunk positioned to his left. His left middle fingertip was crushed between the end of the lumber he was moving and the stationary lumber stack behind him, resulting in an amputation.
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.
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.
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.
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.