Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Finzer Roller, Inc., 2085 Division Street, PALMYRA, NEW YORK 14522
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was removing a roller weighing approximately 1000 pounds from the laser inspection lathe using a spreader bar with two wire-rope slings. The employee was using the lifting device and attaching the cable strap sling to the two journals of the roller so that she could use the hoist to move the roller to a box. When she raised the hoist to make the sling taut, her right index finger was caught between the sling and the roller. The employee suffered an amputation of her index finger to the distal knuckle.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified
An employee was pushing a cart holding 10 steel cores vertically. The cores were 44" high, 1" in diameter with a 1/4" keyway, and they weighed 10 pounds each. He stopped the cart which caused three of the cores to fall. The keyway of one the shafts fell onto his right middle finger that was resting on the cart and it amputated the fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC lathe to finish-grind a small urethane roll. His right hand contacted the rotating grinding wheel and was pulled in. He suffered amputations to the ring fingertip (at the first knuckle) and the middle finger (at the second knuckle).
An employee was operating a bar spinner machine when he noticed that it was not moving back and forth smoothly. The employee went under the machine while troubleshooting to look at how it was traveling along the rails. As the employee went to stand up, his hand came in contact with the machine while the spindle was still in motion, resulting in an amputation of the right index finger above the first knuckle.
An employee was grinding a rubber roller on a manual lathe. The employee's right hand came into contact with the grinding wheel and the employee's right middle and index fingers were partially amputated.
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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An employee was guiding a conveyor belt through a slitter when their hand was caught between the rollers and the table. When the employee pulled their hand out, the glove was left behind and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
A maintenance employee was working to place a 120-pound metal screen on top of a machine before installation, with the help of another employee. The injured employee's right ring finger was pinched between the screen and the machine and the fingertip was partially amputated.
On September 26, 2025, an employee was performing maintenance on an excavator when a bale of rubber fell from an adjacent rack and struck him. The employee sustained multiple fractures to his pelvic area.
An employee was cleaning a mixer door. The employee's left hand came into contact with the mixer blade, which was still slowly rotating. The employee suffered amputations to the left index and middle fingertips.
A temporary employee was working to remove a detached piece of rubber EPDM product that was hanging on the outside of a feed chute. As the employee grabbed the elongated material, the material reengaged inside the machine above the feed chute and pulled back, pinching their left index fingertip. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
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