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An excavator bucket was being removed. An employee was pulling a snap ring to remove a pin and lost his grip. The high-tension snap ring recoiled and his left middle fingertip was amputated by the snap ring.

An employee was working on a truck when the truck's door fell on his hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger.

An employee slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken hip and femur that required hospitalization.

An employee was repairing a garage door. While the door was being lowered, his finger was caught in one of the gaps in the door. The fingertip was amputated at the middle of the nail.

An employee was changing a fan belt when his little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working on the lift gate of a truck when their left ring fingertip got caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputation.

An employee was preparing to remove leaf spring bushings on the front drive axle of a tandem axle tractor. After raising the axle with a hydraulic jack, he placed two jack stands under the rear frame rails of the tractor and placed additional jack stands under the front drive axle. He then repositioned himself at the rear of the tractor where he reached for the release valve of the jack to begin lowering the axle (and frame) onto the jack stands. He was in a kneeling position while using his right hand to operate the release valve. His left hand was caught between the lowering frame rail and a jack stand. His left ring and middle fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputations.

An employee was picking up crane pads to put onto their trailer. Their finger got pinched between pads, resulting in an amputation involving the loss of skin.

An employee was performing maintenance on a telehandler and installing a carriage lift cylinder. The employee was checking the alignment when the cylinder slipped and partially amputated his left middle finger.

An employee was closing the store for the night. While closing the gate to the parking area, the gate dislodged from the tracks. The employee proceeded to lift the gate back onto the tracks and caught their right ring finger between the gate and the tracks, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was working on the tilt actuator of a powered wheelchair in a customer's home. The bolt slipped out of the actuator and the seat assembly fell down onto his right thumb, amputating it at the base of the fingernail.

On June 23, 2025, at approximately 8:50 a.m., an employee was working in the wash bay area, using an overhead crane to move galvanized steel formwork panels that weighed approximately 386 pounds. The overhead crane was rigged with transport bolts, shackles, and an O-ring. While the employee was lowering one of the panels into position, the shackles and O-ring were caught on the edge of the panel. During final positioning, one of the shackles dislodged and the panel shifted suddenly, causing the employee's fingers to be caught between two panels. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated, and they sustained a laceration on their left index finger.

Employees were cleaning out a vacuum pipe system using a motorized drain snake. The snake bound on an obstruction in the pipe, twisted upon itself, and wrapped around an employee's gloved right little finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger just below the nailbed, above the first joint.

An employee went to an apartment to get a portable air conditioning unit. When he opened the door, a dog bit his right middle finger. The employee's finger required surgical amputation.

On May 26, 2025, an employee was lifting an angled steel ramp on dunnage at the front of the tunnel. The ramp fell back down on his right index finger and amputated it.

An employee was using an auger machine on an outside sewer line. While he was feeding metal rope into the sewer line, the rope came back and pulled his hand in, cutting his left middle finger. The finger was amputated from the distal joint to the tip.

An employee was changing the lower section of a truck's sliding rear door. The door moved and caught the employee's left index finger in its track. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was backing up a forklift to pick up a pallet of materials when it struck a yellow cement pole in front of a building support beam. His left hand was crushed between the forklift and the pole, resulting in amputation of a finger.

An employee was jacking up a skid steer to place the unit on jack stands. While adjusting the stands, the unit slipped and contacted their right index finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger at the first joint.

At 1:49 AM on January 11, 2025, an employee was adjusting the rear chuck on a CNC machine into a comfortable angle to use a speed wrench while loading/securing a stabilizer in the machine. The employee was holding the base of the speed wrench with their left hand. Once the rear chuck was in position, the wrench shifted, causing the chuck to roll. The employee's left little finger was caught between the wrench and the edge of the rear chuck guard, and the fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood. The saw cut his finger(s), causing an amputation.

An employee was performing maintenance on the refrigeration unit of a truck. As they were walking up a platform ladder, the ladder fell backward and the employee reached up with his right hand to hold onto something. The employee contacted the refrigeration motor belt, which pulled his index and middle fingers into a pulley, resulting in amputations to the first knuckle.

An employee was helping a customer place a trailer hitch onto the hitch ball. While determining why the hitch would not go onto the ball, the employee placed his index finger up into the hitch. At the same time, the customer placed his vehicle in park and took his foot off of the brake. The vehicle moved and pinched the employee's index fingertip, resulting in amputation.

An employee was cutting a melon using a scalloped-edge utility knife when the tip of his left thumb was cut, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was using a rooter to clear a blockage in a kitchen sink. As he was working the rooter into the drain, his glove was caught in the machine. He suffered a degloving to the skin of the right little finger, as well as an amputation to the fingertip.