Amputation - Articles

OSHA Cites Piggly Wiggly Franchisee For Serious Violations After Amputation

Benita Mehta

June 2, 2026

OSHA cited the employer with a willful violation for bypassing the machine’s safety guards.

OSHA Renews Program to Address Amputations in Manufacturing

June 27, 2025

The program looks at companies using machinery that pose a risk of amputation.

OSHA: Worker's amputation caused by lack of machine guards

Hailiang Copper Texas cited for 24 serious safety, health violations for ignoring machine safety requirements.

October 2, 2024

The OSHA investigation determined that the Texas plant's operator failed to install required machine guards or locking devices, exposing workers to hazardous contact with moving machine parts.

OSHA: Nebraska beef processor ignored safety standards, leading to amputation

ISHN Staff

January 11, 2024

OSHA found the company failed to develop and employ lockout/tagout procedures for hydraulic dock plates and enclosures

5-year study of serious injuries and fatalities reveals insights

ISN report finds utilities sector sees biggest decline; dangerous incidents increase in January

April 19, 2023

ISN analyzed more than 94,000 recordable incidents from 2017-2021 which showed more than 20,000 SIFs cases consisting of more than 17,000 hospitalizations, 2,773 amputations and 677 fatalities.

reporting serious injuries and fatalities

OSHA investigation into amputation finds Ohio food processor again ignored safety standards

April 6, 2023

While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a temporary worker suffered critical injuries that led to an amputation after falling into an industrial blender he was cleaning.

Investigation into amputation finds Texas employer again ignored machine safety procedures

OSHA proposes fines of $227K to Carpenter Co. for willful, repeated safety violations

July 20, 2022

A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered serious injuries in January 2022 at a Temple, Texas manufacturing facility operated by Carpenter Co. found the company had not installed adequate machine guards or locking devices on a hot laminating machine to protect workers from unsafe contact with the machine’s operating parts.

Temp worker loses fingers at manufacturing plant

April 26, 2019

Cal/OSHA has issued more than $300,000 in serious citations to two employers after a temporary worker lost two fingers cleaning machinery at a food manufacturing facility in Los Angeles. The worker was cleaning a dough rolling machine when his left hand was partially pulled into the moving rollers and two of his fingers were amputated.

OSHA to poultry industry: Time to prioritize safety

August 27, 2018

In a recent address to attendees of the National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt expressed the hope that a “turning point” was just ahead in the sometimes-rocky relationship between OSHA and the industry.