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An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was cutting tomatoes for sandwiches when the knife amputated her left index fingertip.

An employee was conducting maintenance on a HVAC unit. A belt was replaced. The employee then spun the belt and motor/drive assembly by hand to ensure that the belt was seated properly, and that the motor/drive assembly was in proper alignment. His right little finger became trapped between the belt and motor/drive assembly, resulting in partial amputation of the distal aspect.

An employee was taking off screws from a large picture frame using a battery-powered drill with a screwdriver bit. They suffered a finger amputation due to the picture hanging wire attached to the picture frame.

An employee was operating a vertical log splitter when their right hand got caught in the splitting mechanism, resulting in an partial amputation of the hand that required hospitalization.

An employee was cutting a histology block with a microtome. The microtome amputated the tip of the employee's thumb, halfway through the nailbed. There was no damage to bone.

An employee was assisting with restraining a patient when the patient assaulted the employee and bit off part of their left ring finger. The employee sustained amputation of part of the finger.

A maintenance employee was performing a quarterly inspection of a hot water pump. They were wiping down the pump and valves with a rag when the pump propeller contacted their left hand, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. The pump was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on the roof of the facility working on a kitchen exhaust fan hood to identify the source of a vibration. He manually moved the propeller and shaft to check for play in the bearings. His left hand slipped and his little finger became caught between the motor pulley and belt. The employee's weight shifted onto the propeller and caused the pulley to rotate, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx of his little finger.

An employee was pushing a lawn mower on a slope when he slipped and his left foot went under the mower deck and contacted the blade. The employee sustained an amputation of the first toe.

An employee was providing a therapeutic escort for an agitated patient. The patient began fighting and bit off the employee's fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was taking a break from powerwashing a deck when a door closed on his left index fingertip, resulting in an amputation above the nail.

An employee was preparing to dice potatoes when his knife cut his left ring finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was at a work table using a mandolin to cut a cucumber when their right ring finger was cut on the mandolin, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was using a mixer to slice lettuce when the blade contacted his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation without the loss of bone.

An employee was helping to move a refrigerator into a room when their finger was pinched between the refrigerator and the door jamb. The employee sustained an amputation of their right ring fingertip.

An employee was storing away a hospital bed in a warehouse when the bed collapsed and his left little finger got caught in the metal frame, resulting in a laceration to the fingertip that required hospitalization and a surgical amputation.

An employee was working on a hitch, using a hydraulic vise to hold it in place. His left index finger was caught between the vise and the hitch, and his fingertip was crushed. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a tabletop paper cutter and sustained a partial amputation of their left thumb through the nail.

An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.

An employee was performing maintenance on an air handler by placing lubricant on a pulley. Their right glove was caught between a leather belt and the metal pulley, resulting in an amputation to the fifth finger.

An employee suffered amputation of the left little finger at the base of the nail on January 18, 2025, when a door was shut on her finger.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a 1-inch x 1-inch board down to 1/2-inch to make repairs to a closet in an apartment unit. While cutting/feeding the wood through the saw, the edge of his right middle finger caught on the saw blade, resulting in an amputation.

On January 8, 2025, an employee was inspecting the exhaust fan of the environmental service's storeroom when the fan belt amputated their left index fingertip.

Two employees were escorting a resident to their room. The resident was resisting, and grabbed onto the door of their room and the door closed on the injured employee's middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip at the nailbed.