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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Wahl Clipper Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wahl Clipper Corporation, 2900 N. Locust Street, STERLING, ILLINOIS 61081 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was operating a horizontal press. As the employee reached for their work badge, the press cycled onto their little finger and amputated a quarter-inch of the tip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Presses, except printing, unspecified

Wahl Clipper Corporation

An employee was on a stepladder by a press, clearing a jam from a conveyor. A robotic arm knocked him from the stepladder to the ground. He struck his head and suffered a broken wrist.

Wahl Clipper Corporation

An employee was unjamming a blade machine and suffered a finger amputation when it was caught between the pulley and chute.

Wahl Clipper Corporation

A maintenance employee was helping move a die that was sitting on a pallet. The die tilted and pinched the employee's right little finger against another die causing a cut that required surgery and hospitalization.

Wahl Clipper Corporation

While he was attempting to clear a jam, an employee's hand slipped into the pneumatic valve, resulting in a fractured thumb.

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An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

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An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

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A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.