Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JLG Industries, Inc, 1080 Hykes Road, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17225
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to use a programmable automated vertical band saw. The employee was clamping a piece of angle iron in place on the machine when the clamp caught the employee's left index fingertip. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip, up to the edge of the nail.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Stationary saws band
An employee was winching in the mid-section of a boom on an aerial lift into the base section when their left middle and ring fingers were pinched between the two sections of the boom subassembly. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the middle phalanx of their left middle finger and the amputation of their left ring fingertip.
An employee was standing on the floor inspecting parts for paint quality. When he was finished looking at a part, he starting walking backwards and tripped on a wooden pallet that was laying on the floor behind him. He fell to the concrete floor and fractured a hip.
A welder was removing a steel production part from a welding fixture using an overhead crane. He connected the lifting hook to the steel part's center post, then applied tension to the overhead crane. His little finger was pinched between the lifting hook and the steel part, causing the amputation of the tip.
An employee was assembling a boom lift, inserting and sliding a section of boom into another boom section. The underside of her left middle finger was pinched the two sections, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.
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.
An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.
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 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 conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.
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