Incident on Jan 7, 2022: Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning unguarded machin
At 2:30 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was cleaning overspray from around an unguarded chain and sprocket. The rag the employee was using was pulled into the machine along with his gloved hand. The employee amputated a fingertip, requiring hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Jefferson City site logged 21 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 906 workers: 3.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Scholastic Inc.
Jefferson City · 2025
906
21
1
3.6
2.6
Scholastic, Inc.
Jefferson City · 2024
1,149
26
0
3.8
2.6
Scholastic Inc. - Jefferson City
Jefferson City · 2022
1,497
66
5
6.0
2.6
Scholastic
Jefferson City · 2021
1,318
58
3
5.5
2.6
McCarty
Jefferson City · 2018
1,412
59
3
4.4
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 7, 2022, Jefferson City: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was performing maintenance on a spiral conveyor. As the employee cleaned excess lubricant away with a rag, the chain on the conveyor caught the rag and pulled in the employee's right hand. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
May 7, 2023 to Apr 20, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY
794
794
$94,916
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
