Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Weaber, Inc., 1231 Mt. Wilson Road, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA 17042
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the position of a wood slab on a conveyor when their glove was caught between the slab and the frame of the entry chute. They sustained a laceration to the fourth finger and a partial amputation to the fifth finger on the right hand.
An employee was operating a finger jointer machine when their hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in an amputation to their left ring fingertip.
An employee was sorting carts in the flow area when the tip of their ring finger was crushed between the cart they were moving and another cart, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was stepping from a platform onto a conveyor support to reach a board that was jammed. His right foot became caught on the roller drive chain, resulting in the amputation of two or three toes. The chain was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a molding machine when a board got jammed in the machine. The employee shut down the machine and was clearing the jam when his right hand contacted the still moving cutting blades resulting in an amputation.
An employee was operating a chop saw to cross-cut out sections of bad wood. While clearing a piece of wood, the saw actuated, contacting the employee's left hand. The employee suffered a laceration to their thumb and index finger, and surgical amputation of the left index fingertip.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
On August 14, 2025, an employee was rebuilding a tile-cutting die when their right wrist contacted the cutting blade, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
An employee was removing a jammed piece of scrap wood from the end of a machine saw when the wood pulled their right hand into the saw blade, resulting in an index finger amputation below the second knuckle.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.