Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC, 12500 Meranda Road, ANNA, OHIO 45302
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was coming back from lunch when he noticed a machine alarm on the low pressure cooling conveyor. Two pallets became jammed on the lifter and as the employee went to clear the jam, his right middle finger became pinched between the guarding on the conveyor/lifter and the tool. The employee sustained a right middle finger amputation down to the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC
On July 5, 2024, at around 9:00 PM, an employee was changing a grinding wheel using a lifting device. He manually lifted the wheel to situate it in the lifting device, and when it fell into place his left middle finger became pinched between the wheel and the lifting device. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was working on a frame assembly. He was torqueing a cross-thread bolt to confirm a repair when his left index finger was partially crushed between the torque wrench and the platform of a mezzanine. The employee's finger was amputated at the distal joint.
An employee was walking down the engine assembly line. As the employee walked between two electric tugger carts, he tripped on the tongue of a cart and fell, resulting in a left hip fracture that required surgery.
On January 6, 2022, a temporary employee pushed a conveyor to a different section, as part of a changeover. He then pushed a table out behind a wall, and came out from behind the wall. He was then struck by a forklift and sustained fractures to both feet.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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On June 3, 2025, the injured employee was setting a mold with a co-worker when the mold was displaced and caught their right hand against the stop block. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation of their middle finger.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
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