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An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was lifting a manhole cover when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his big toe and the adjacent toe.

An employee was working on an out-of-service forklift when his hand was caught in the door frame as the stuck cab door was being opened. The employee sustained a middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was closing a door while holding the door handle behind him. The door closed on his finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee relocated a stair stand with a tow tractor and was working to disconnect the tow tractor from the maintenance stand. The employee was manually operating the tractor's throttle to reverse and relieve pressure on the pintle hook. The tractor unexpectedly lurched forward, trapping the employee s left ring fingertip between the tractor s pintle hook latch and the maintenance stand s tow plate. The fingertip was partially amputated without loss of bone.

An employee was operating a pipe threading machine to remove a fitting from a pipe. The pipe wrench in the employee's left hand pinched his left middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

On February 5, 2025, at around 12:00 PM, an employee was rolling a motor (60 lbs.) up into a bucket for disposal when the motor rolled over his left index fingertip. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a storage locker when the locker slipped causing an amputation to their right little fingertip without bone loss.

An employee was loading equipment onto a forklift when the shackle from the sling fell to the ground. While the employee was retrieving the shackle from under the forks, the moveable fork that was propped up on the shackle fell onto his left middle finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was removing an air brake chamber from a vehicle when their right index finger became pinched between the chamber and the frame of the vehicle, resulting in an amputation up to the first knuckle.

An employee was cutting trim on a miter saw when the blade amputated soft tissue from a finger on their left hand.

An employee was rolling a cart of bundled pipes. The cart rolled into an offload table, and the employee's finger was caught between the two. The finger was broken.

An employee was removing a life ring stand mounted to the wharf so it could be moved to a new location. While unbolting the life ring base plate from the concrete, the employee's left index finger was caught between the metal plate and the concrete base surface. The employee sustained a tissue amputation to the left index fingertip.

A firearms instructor was performing routine training. Their pistol discharged while their right hand was in line with the muzzle and the employee's middle finger was partially amputated. The finger has been surgically reattached.

Employees were building a water pool for a pump site. Just after being handed a rock to stack, an employee lost his balance and fell forward while holding the rock. His finger was crushed between the rock he was holding and another on the ground, and he suffered an amputation.

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder replacing a fan motor on an HVAC system. While removing the guard to facilitate maintenance, the guard slipped. As the employee tired to grab it, their left hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and fractures and lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was preparing meat portions using a meat slicer when their left little finger contacted the blade and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working in a laundry area when they tripped over a floor fixture and fell. Their little finger caught on a sharp edge during the fall, resulting in an amputation.

An employee caught their right little finger in the door as it closed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee attempted to move the multilift to a more desired location and placed his hand on the tooth block of the multi-lift. This led to his finger entering the inner core of the multi-lift and as they were moving the multi-lift, it completely retracted (the tooth block compressed) causing a fingertip amputation.

On May 29, 2024, at 8:00 AM, the injured employee was doing routine maintenance on top of a hangar door. He was instructing another team member when the glove on his left hand was caught between the roller and belt. The employee's left middle fingertip was surgically amputated, including loss of bone.

An employee was performing diagnostic testing on a rescue hoist when the hoist's adapter mount engaged under load and crushed the employee's right index finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger.

An employee was lifting a trailer ramp to lock it in place for travel. The trailer ramp is divided into two sections. The further section of the ramp is spring-loaded and was folding down due to the weight of it being lifted, but it sprung up when the closer section of the trailer was upright, catching the employee's left index finger in a pinch point. The employee suffered fingertip amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting an empanada forming machine. A moving part struck his left ring finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.