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

Saia-Burgess LLC

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

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Saia-Burgess LLC, 801 Scholz Dr., VANDALIA, OHIO 45377 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee had been placing a terminal on a lead wire using a terminal applicator machine. They were clearing debris inside the machine when the applicator tip came down and partially amputated their right little fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, 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.

S & C Electric Company

On August 25, 2025, an employee was cleaning a tablet press machine. The employee's right hand was near the point of operation when the machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb.

Professional Power Products, Inc.

An employee entered the back of a CNC laser machine and was caught by the CNC laser head, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh and ankle as well as the back of their head. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

RUSSELECTRIC INC.

An employee was descending a scaffold ladder when they fell onto a step ladder and then onto the floor. The employee sustained fractures to their L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae.

Power Solutions International

An employee was walking and stepped over a 16.72-inch wall when their boot contacted the top of the wall, causing them to fall forward and strike the concrete floor with the left side of their body. The employee sustained fractures to four of their left ribs.

Design Ready Controls Inc

An employee was cutting a piece of 0.5-inch nylon tubing with a wire track cutter and amputated the tip of her right thumb below the thumbnail.

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.