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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

KyKenKee, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at KyKenKee, Inc., 18719 Highway 11 North, VANCE, ALABAMA 35490 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was manually rotating a belt on a roller when their right index finger was pinched between the belt and roller. The fingertip was amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Machinery, unspecified

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was removing wood scraps from a concrete pad where he was to deliver sawdust. The wood scraps moved and he fell to the concrete pad. The employee sustained a fractured greater trochanter on their left femur.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was stepping onto a short ladder to reach and connect an electrical line when he slipped. The lower portion of the right side of his ribcage struck the deck at the top of the ladder, resulting in a lacerated spleen. The employee required surgery.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was using a pike to pull a log that had become misaligned on a deck when the log crushed the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized and their left little toe was surgically amputated.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was separating board lumber by size at the flat deck. Their left ring finger came into contact with a 22-inch spinning saw blade and was amputated.

KyKenKee, Inc.

An employee was walking across a trimmer saw when they lost balance and fell. The employee extended their right hand to steady themself and their glove was caught by the drive belt of a pulley. Their hand was drawn into the pulley, resulting in amputations to the index, middle, and ring fingers.

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TForce Freight

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.

Liveo Research, Inc.

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.

Best Pump and Flow

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.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

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.

Claude Howard Lumber Company

An employee was repairing a photo eye on the infeed roll case when they dropped a tool. The employee went to grab the tool and his fingers contacted the chain and sprocket of the infeed roll case. His fingers were pulled into the pinch point and the fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputation of one fingertip.

Shintech Inc

An employee was troubleshooting dispersing equipment. A belt and pulley system was energized, and the moving belt caught the employee's right ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation at the first knuckle, below the nail.

West Fraser, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the photo eye sensors of a piece of equipment between the saw that cuts lumber into lengths and boards. The employee stepped on a metal grate that gave way and fell 8-10 feet. The employee was able to remove himself from the conveyor. His tibia was fractured just below the knee.

SWS Sawmill, LLC

An employee was working to get a log back onto a carriage. The employee came into contact with the running saw, which amputated their arm.

IDAHO FOREST GROUP, LLC

While refilling a lubricant tank, an employee observed that a pump was not operating correctly. While troubleshooting the issue, the employee reached toward the back of the pump to check for proper airflow. Their left index finger contacted moving components in the pump's piston mechanism, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip.

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

Birdsong Corporation

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.