Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ContiTech USA, Inc., 117 CORINTH RD., HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA 30230
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a manual hoist to lift a roll of fabric when their right index fingertip was caught between the chain and the hook, or between the hook and the roll. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss, at the joint closest to the fingernail.
An employee was walking around the wind-up drum of a braiding machine and tripped on the wind-up ramp, causing her to fall on her right hip. She was hospitalized for a hip fracture that required surgery.
An employee was undoing a kink in the mandrel press that she was operating. As the employee was pulling on the mandrel, it let loose and she fell to the concrete floor, fracturing her hip.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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On August 25, 2025, a machine operator was working on the heat-set end of a textile bleach/prep range machine. He was running leader cloth and it was bunching up. He climbed a catwalk so he could reach the cloth and flatten it out. His right hand was caught in a nip roll while adjusting the cloth. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
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