Freedom Corrugated, LLC

An employee was putting paper through the rolls on a machine when their gloved hand became entangled in the rollers. The employee's forearm was pulled into the machine between the belt-driven roller and a hot, steam-heated roller. The employee's right forearm sustained burn injuries that required hospitalization and surgical repair.

An employee was checking 112" corrugated board for moisture coverage/dry spots to ensure that starch content was correct. While the employee's hand was on a fixed bar, the machine was turned off and another, pneumatically operated bar moved to its off position, pinching the tips of the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers against the bar the employee was gripping. The employee suffered amputations to the fingertips.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

On October 22, 2025, an employee was working to put a conveyor chain back on the track of a conveyor when their fingers were caught between the chain and the chain track, pulling their right hand into the sprocket. Four fingers were amputated.

An employee was cleaning the headers of the core machine using a hand drill with a brush attachment. His glove was caught on the brush shaft, resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.

An employee was operating a winder paper mill machine when their right index finger became caught in the machine. The finger was partially amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was lubricating a chain and sprocket on a corrugator splicer. He lost his balance, and his right middle finger came into contact with the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated at the nail bed.

An employee was entering a building and reached out to catch a closing door. The door closed on the employee's finger, resulting in the partial amputation of the fingertip and nailbed.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip 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.