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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Injured by object handled by person unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 2101 ASHLAND AVE, BEATRICE, NEBRASKA 68310 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).

An employee was handling mower deck sheets when his right middle finger was caught between two steel lawn mower decks on the pallet. His fingertip was amputated.

Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Vehicle and machine parts unspecified

EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY

The injured employee was hanging parts on the paint conveyor. A forklift operated by another employee in the area was dropping off a pallet of parts. As the forklift backed up, it snagged the hanging pendant control for the overhead hoist. The pendant control was flung back towards the employee hanging the parts and struck the employee's left arm resulting in a fractured forearm.

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Orion Concrete Construction, LLC

Employees were working under a platform walkway, removing bollard pipe. An employee went to lift and get the bollard unstuck from the footer. The bollard came free and shifted into the corner of the adjacent wall, causing their right ring finger to get caught between the pipe edge and wall corner. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal knuckle of the finger.

Zachry Underground Utilities Service

An employee was unloading shoring off the back of a roller truck when their left index finger was caught between the vertical shore and the cylinder. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Brightview Landscape Development

An employee was unloading a plate tamper from a pickup truck. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tamper's handle and its plate, resulting in a partial amputation at the nailbed.

Calgon Carbon Corporation

An employee was removing a piece of insulation that consisted of sheet metal wrapped over a ball valve. As he pulled the piece free, it became stuck; while he was freeing it, it cut through his glove into his right little finger and ring finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

ADF International, Inc.

An employee was moving a steel frame by hand when his right middle finger was pinched between the frame and a steel saw horse. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the finger and the removal of skin that required surgery and hospitalization.

MTD Consumer Products

At 12:55 p.m. on October 8, 2025, a pneumatic cylinder press was activated while an employee's hand was resting on it. The moving shaft and top portion of the machine descended, catching the employee's right middle finger and amputating the fingertip (without bone loss).

TruGreen

An employee had been providing lawncare service and was driving back to the main facility when he experienced severe cramping due to heat stress. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

BrightView Landscapes

At about 5:15 p.m. on June 14, 2025, an employee was using a walk-behind mower to mow middle islands along a road. A support truck with an arrow board sign was following behind to control traffic. The truck lurched forward and struck the employee from behind, pinning the employee against the mower. The employee suffered a fractured hip, a right iliac wing fracture, right femoral nerve damage, and puncture wounds to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Bad Boy Mowers, LLC

A welder in the fabrication shop was straightening a wheel tab with a hammer and struck his left hand. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hand.

Unverferth Manufacturing Co. Inc.

A sprayer boom assembly fell off a sawhorse when the C-clamp was removed and it struck an employee. The employee suffered a separated collarbone and three broken ribs.

Concrete Industries Nebraska City

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Cellar Crew LLC

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

BANB Farms Inc.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.