Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NEPW Logistics, Inc., 16 Parkway Drive, SCARBOROUGH, MAINE 04070
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
A clamp truck driver trainee was setting down a roll of paper. The clamp struck the floor and the roll popped out of the clamps. It rolled forward and struck the employee, pinning him against another roll of paper. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the upper legs and was hospitalized.
An employee went to fix the paper at the wrap station that was not coming down normally. He went to pull the paper down and his right thumb was pulled into the roller of the machine, amputating the thumb tip.
Employees were using a powered industrial truck (PIT) to move steel dock plates into a scrap dumpster. The injured employee was giving hand signals/directions to the PIT operator when his hand became caught between the forks of the PIT and a steel plate. A finger was partially amputated.
An employee was de-wiring bales of pulp when a forklift (which was bringing him more bales) dropped a bale onto his leg. He suffered a compound fracture of the leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was attempting to adjust the core in a winder when his finger became caught between the core and the spindle arm. His right index fingertip was amputated.
An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.
On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.
Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493110)
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 operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.