105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

VAUGHN

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at VAUGHN, 26 OLD ELM STREET, SALISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 01952 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee suffered a thumb amputation, caused by a fan.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

NorAm Drilling Company

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Stalworth Underground LLC

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

HT Energy LLC

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

TKM BENGARD FARMS, LLC

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

Roper Corporation Engineering Co-Op

An employee was helping a truck driver unhitch a trailer from their truck. The truck drove forward while the employee's left hand was still between the trailer and the jack. When the truck moved forward, the jack came down and crushed the employee's index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

An employee was on an extension ladder, changing a ballast. The employee fell from the ladder to the workroom floor about 12 feet below, suffering three broken ribs.

Roper Corporation

An employee was using a die changeover table with a snake chain conveyor. The e employee activated the snake chain via remote and it moved quickly, causing the employee's right index finger to be pinched between the pin and edge of the die and amputated.

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

On January 28, 2019, at approximately 4:35 p.m., an employee was attempting to move a plastic banded pallet in the bed of a pickup truck when the strap broke causing the employee to fall backwards out of the truck onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained head and neck trauma.

A&S Services Group

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Warner Brothers, LLC

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.