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

E. R. ADVANCED CERAMICS, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at E. R. ADVANCED CERAMICS, INC., 600 East Clark Street, EAST PALESTINE, OHIO 44413 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was operating an extrusion press when her right little finger was caught in a pinch point and amputated to the first knuckle.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Huber Construction Company, Inc.

An employee was working in a furnace, tearing out brick from the door jambs. A brick fell from about 5 feet above him and landed on his left middle finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

AVS, INCORPORATED

An employee was moving equipment into a building and breathed in carbon monoxide from a nearby malfunctioning heater furnace. The employee was hospitalized.

Fives North American Combustion, Inc.

An employee was changing the tool on a manual drill press when their hand was pulled into the spindle of the press, amputating the tip of their right index finger.

Wisconsin Oven Corporation

An employee was installing a control panel and wiring for an industrial oven on a 6-foot portable A-frame ladder when they fell backward and struck their head on the concrete floor, resulting in a head injury.

IPSEN, INC

An employee was working from a ladder to service a heat treating vessel when they lost consciousness due a lack of oxygen and the nitrogen present. The employee fell from the ladder and sustained back contusions and a head laceration that required stitches.

United States Postal Service

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.

Foundation Steel, LLC

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.

GXO Logistics

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.

Abbott Electric Inc

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.

American Electric Power Company

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.