diff --git a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
index c36c6657..a4c64a78 100644
--- a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class EasyOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
 
             all_ocr_cells = []
             for ocr_rect in ocr_rects:
+                # Skip zero area boxes
+                if ocr_rect.area() == 0:
+                    continue
                 high_res_image = page._backend.get_page_image(
                     scale=self.scale, cropbox=ocr_rect
                 )
diff --git a/docling/models/tesseract_model.py b/docling/models/tesseract_model.py
index 980e60bc..fde8d770 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesseract_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesseract_model.py
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ class TesseractOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
 
             all_ocr_cells = []
             for ocr_rect in ocr_rects:
+                # Skip zero area boxes
+                if ocr_rect.area() == 0:
+                    continue
                 high_res_image = page._backend.get_page_image(
                     scale=self.scale, cropbox=ocr_rect
                 )
diff --git a/docling/models/tesserocr_model.py b/docling/models/tesserocr_model.py
index 07707115..a26c29e3 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesserocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesserocr_model.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class TesserOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
 
             all_ocr_cells = []
             for ocr_rect in ocr_rects:
+                # Skip zero area boxes
+                if ocr_rect.area() == 0:
+                    continue
                 high_res_image = page._backend.get_page_image(
                     scale=self.scale, cropbox=ocr_rect
                 )