Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc., 5130 N. State Route 60, NW, MCCONNELSVILLE, OHIO 43756
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On June 13, 2013, an employee was working on a slitter that was down for repairs. The machine's cutter rotated and amputated the employee's left hand.
An employee was setting up a milling machine to run parts. The steady rest (i.e., part clamp) was activated and crushed the last joint of the employee's right index finger resulting in surgical amputation.
An employee was tightening a loose bolt that had allowed the steel back in a vertical hydraulic cylinder to loosen. The steel back closed on the employee's left hand, amputating it. He was hospitalized.
An employee working on a milling machine was replacing a chip transfer tube when his right index finger contacted the milling head, resulting in a finger amputation.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331423)
An employee was tightening a loose bolt that had allowed the steel back in a vertical hydraulic cylinder to loosen. The steel back closed on the employee's left hand, amputating it. He was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing a conveyor roll on a three-coil miller. As the employee aligned a shaft and bearing, the roll (being supported by an overhead crane) moved upward, pinching the employee's finger and amputating the fingertip.
An employee's foot was caught in a pinch point between the shell of the melting furnace and the casting floor mezzanine while attempting to unlatch a hook related to the safety bin chute. Three toes on the employee's left foot were amputated.
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.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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 moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.