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

Leslie's Poolmart, Inc./Stellar Manufacturing, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Leslie's Poolmart, Inc./Stellar Manufacturing, LLC, 1647 Sauget Business Bvld, SAUGET, ILLINOIS 62206 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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An employee was troubleshooting a chlorine tablet press. The employee was cleaning some excess granular material off the press when the punch and die amputated his right middle fingertip above the cuticle.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

Innovative Chemical Technologies

An employee was on a ladder disconnecting a 1-inch hose, known to have last carried acrylic acid that had been drained. When the hose was disconnected, residual acid dripped onto the employee's shoulder/arm area, causing a second-degree chemical burn.

Opta Turtle Creek

On October 1, 2025, at approximately 9:50 p.m., an employee was removing a sack of debris from a dust collector when four of his right-hand fingers were severed by a rotary valve. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to amputate the four fingers at the knuckle.

Chemtrade Refinery Service Inc

An employee was unloading and depressurizing a railcar filled with sulfuric acid. The employee turned the valve to disconnect the hose when sulfuric acid released and sprayed upward via the standpipe. The employee was hospitalized burns.

3M Company

On May 8, 2025, an employee developed a cough while cleaning up chemical sewage from the floor. He was hospitalized, having suffered an allergic reaction to chemical product vapors.

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

An employee was loading a magazine of tubes into a machine to fill. As they raised the door into position, the door dropped onto the employee's right hand and amputated their right index fingertip at the nailbed.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

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.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

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