Akron Ohio is a city located in Summit County, Ohio, United States. With a population of 197,543 as of the 2010 census, it is the largest city in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. The City of Akron was founded on July 24, 1825 from the merger of two smaller communities, New Philadelphia and Middlebury. Akron was founded as an industrial community due to the presence of two quality steel mills, Canton and Massillon.
Manufacturing Companies
Akron Ohio is home to a number of manufacturing companies, including:
| The Burt Manufacturing Company Inc Associated Materials, LLC Gojo Industries, Inc. Myers Industries, Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. The Babcock & Wilcox Company Bekaert Corporation |
Flexsys Inc Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation Country Pure Foods, Inc. Prcc Holdings, Inc. Chestnut Holdings, Inc Firestone Polymers, LLC Babcock & Wilcox Holdings, Inc. |
Machinery Accidents
In Akron, Ohio, there have been a number of machinery accidents that have affected both individuals and businesses. If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident caused by machinery, contact an Akron Ohio machinery accident lawyer as soon as possible. An experienced attorney can help you get the compensation you deserve.
Here are some accidents that have occurred in Akron:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/11/2021 | Grapevine Masonry Construction, Inc. | Akron | Oh | The injured employee was assisting another employee who was using a hand-held hammer drill. The drill bit caught the injured employee's glove and twisted his index finger causing a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person | Drills-powered | Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves |
| 17/09/2021 | The Ruhlin Company | Akron | Oh | An employee was helping to move a concrete form. The employee climbed on top of the 7-to 8-foot tall form to readjust the lifting device. The employee connected a positioning hook onto the form. The form tipped over and the employee jumped off, but they were still connected to the form. The form struck and broke the employee's lower right leg. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Structural elements | Nonclassifiable |
| 19/07/2021 | Whiting Door Manufacturing | Akron | Ny | An employee was trying to manually untangle wire from a rack when the coil of wire became unsteady and fell toward employee. The employee fell to the concrete floor and the coil fell on their lower body. The employee sustained a fractured hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floor | Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones |
| 16/07/2021 | AT&T | Akron | Oh | An employee was working from a ladder when it slid out from under him. He fell to the ground and suffered broken teeth and a fractures to the jaw, forearm, and thumb. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Movable ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 15/07/2021 | AT&T | Akron | Oh | An employee was removing his tools from the basket of his bucket truck. When he turned to step down, he fell to the pavement and landed on his hip, resulting in a broken hip that required hospitalization. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level | Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 14/07/2021 | KLE Construction Company | Akron | Oh | An employee was using a cut-off saw to cut rebar when sparks from the saw caught the employee's clothes on fire. The employee sustained burns to the left side of his body. | Heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Clothing | Saws-powered, except chainsaws |
| 29/06/2021 | Amazon DCL2 | Akron | Oh | An employee bent down to pick up packages on the floor. While doing so, a package fell out of a bag above the employee and struck her on the back of her head and neck. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment | Packages, parcels | |
| 11/05/2021 | Akron Foundry Company | Akron | Oh | An employee was finishing the prep work on a mold in a low-pressure tilt machine. The machine started up and cycled, causing amputation and crushing injuries to the employee's fingers and hand. | Amputations | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery | |
| 25/02/2021 | Akron Foundry Company | Akron | Oh | An employee was performing maintenance on a pneumatic lathe when he sustained an amputation to the ends of three fingers. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Lathes | |
| 04/02/2021 | Dicks Sporting Goods | Akron | Oh | An employee was taking the trash out when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a right ankle fracture. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 05/08/2020 | Bath Manor Special Care Centre | Akron | Oh | An employee was using a router to complete the assembly of a picnic table for staff use when his finger got caught in the blade, resulting in amputation of a left-hand fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Boring, routing, notching machines | |
| 30/07/2020 | United Salvage Company Inc. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was running an excavator with a grapple magnet. The magnet swung back and hit the cab and power box, and the employee was shocked. | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity | Excavating machinery | Switchboards, switches, fuses |
| 22/05/2020 | Landmark Plastic Corporation | Akron | Ohio | An employee was working on a former. The employee stood up into a rail, fell, and suffered a concussion. | Concussions | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising | Nonclassifiable | |
| 16/03/2020 | BEMIS COMPANY, INC. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was operating a press when her fingers were caught in the rollers. Her left index and middle fingertips were amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 20/02/2020 | Bridgestone Americas, Inc. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was loading material into a cure press using a mobile ladder. While descending the ladder at a height of 3 feet, the employee tripped and fell into a nearby forklift, suffering broken bones. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Movable ladders | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| 11/02/2020 | The Fishel Company | Akron | Ohio | An aerial crew was lashing a span of fiber telecommunications line when the fiber rose under tension and contacted the overhead primary electrical line. An employee working out of the bucket sustained burns to both hands and was hospitalized. | Electrical burns | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Power lines, transformers, convertors | Power lines, transformers, convertors |
| 08/02/2020 | Health Care Services Group | Akron | Ohio | An employee was working the tray line and turned to reach for an item when she tripped and fell sustaining a broken hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping | Floor | |
| 22/01/2020 | US Census Bureau | Akron | Ohio | An employee fell out of a chair and landed on his knees. He was hospitalized. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Fall while sitting | Chairs | |
| 17/09/2019 | Goodwill Industries of Akron | Akron | Ohio | An employee was hospitalized after a fight in a parking lot. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Person, other than injured or ill worker | |
| 27/08/2019 | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company | Akron | Ohio | An employee was working at a policyholder's residence responding to their insurance claim. He was on their outside deck and began to climb up a ladder. He was on the 2nd rung from the ground when the ladder lifted back towards him, hitting his forehead area. He continued to fall backwards, hitting the back of his head on the deck and knocking him unconscious. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Movable ladders | Porches, balconies, decks, patios |
| 21/08/2019 | GOJO INDUSTRIES INC. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was passing through the atrium area of the facility to another area where she tripped over a floor mat and fell to the floor. She experienced a concussion, wrist fracture, and vertebral compression. | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Floor coverings- nonstructural |
| 14/08/2019 | JO-ANN STORES, LLC | Akron | Ohio | An employee was climbing down a ladder after putting material away on shelves. She fell to the ground, hitting her hand and head and twisting her ankle and leg. She was hospitalized with a broken femur. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level | Movable ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 12/08/2019 | Nathan Contracting, L.P. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was removing paint in a stairwell where the floor had been removed and fell through a hole in the floor, suffering broken bones. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening | Existing floor opening | Nonclassifiable |
| 08/07/2019 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Akron | Ohio | An employee was kneeling down to retrieve parcels from a pallet. The employee's knee gave out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken foot/ankle. | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 07/07/2019 | LANDMARK PLASTIC CORP. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was operating a plastic extrusion line. The employee was using a hand tool to scrape excess plastic from the end of the line when a pocket of hot gas and plastic erupted and burned the employee's hands and forearm. | Heat (thermal) burns | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances | Plastics, resins | |
| 06/06/2019 | JW Didado Electric | Akron | Ohio | An employee was pulling utility poles with metal chains. The chain got stuck and as the employee was freeing the snag with his hand, the chain snapped back and struck the employee's left thumb causing a partial amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Chains | |
| 03/06/2019 | Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp. | Akron | New York | An employee was feeding steel into the die of a press. The tip of the employee's left pointer finger was amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 08/05/2019 | Caliber Mold and Machine | Akron | Ohio | An employee was blowing chips off his machine when the machine was turned on and started to spin. The employee was repeatedly struck by the table chucks and suffered six broken ribs. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 19/03/2019 | AKRON ENERGY SYSTEMS, LLC | Akron | Ohio | An employee was on an A-frame step ladder, rebuilding an inverted bucket trap. After loosening the six bolts holding the trap door in place, the employee was hit by hot condensate steam and suffered burns to the neck, upper arms, and chest area. | Heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Steam, vapors-nonchemical | |
| 19/03/2019 | METALICO AKRON, INC. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was cutting an aluminum oxygen cylinder when it exploded. The employee suffered broken fingers and burns. | Fractures and burns | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Oxygen tanks and cylinders | Saws-powered, except chainsaws |
| 22/02/2019 | Ohio Pure Foods, Inc. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was operating a stand up forklift and attempted to go through an elevated door way. The top mast of the forklift struck the brick wall of the doorway causing the forklift to tip over and land on the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized for a foot injury requiring surgery. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | |
| 04/02/2019 | Splash Car Wash | Akron | Ohio | An employee was repairing the overhead dry and shine automatic towel dryer of the car wash when it fell onto the employee. The employee sustained severe head and facial fractures and lacerations including a broken jaw and teeth. The employee was hospitalized. | Fractures | Multiple head locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Car or vehicle washing machinery | |
| 29/01/2019 | Lowe's Home Improvement | Akron | Ohio | An employee was hospitalized for a broken ankle after slipping and falling on snow and ice in the parking lot. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot-paved | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 18/01/2019 | Frito Lay | Akron | Ohio | On January 18, 2019, an employee tripped/slipped while walking through a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle, and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level | Parking lot | |
| 10/01/2019 | Advanced Resources, LLC | Akron | Ohio | On 1/10/2019, an employee fell from a portable staircase while picking orders and suffered bleeding on the brain, requiring hospitalization. | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Other fall to lower level | Movable ladders | Nonclassifiable |
| 19/09/2018 | RJS Corporation | Akron | Ohio | An employee was using a lathe to machine a steel bar. The bar struck him, breaking his elbow. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Metalworking lathes | |
| 17/08/2018 | EMCOR Facilities Services | Akron | Ohio | Two employees were moving a one-man lift into a traveling position. The employees leaned the lift backwards 45 degrees in order to move it. The injured employee thought it was going to fall on him and he lifted his right leg to kick the lever down and his leg buckled causing the lift to fall on him. His left leg buckled resulting in a dislocated patella and torn ACL. | Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. | Knee(s) | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode | Manlifts | |
| 24/07/2018 | ACME FRESH MARKET#2 | Akron | Ohio | An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor fracturing her right ankle. She was hospitalized. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Water |
| 23/07/2018 | Akron Polymer AProduct | Akron | Ohio | An employee was adjusting a tube-bending machine when the machine cycled, causing a partial amputation to the tip of the employee's right ring finger. The machinery was not locked out at the time of the incident, and blocks designed for it were not being used. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Bending, crimping machines | |
| 18/05/2018 | Pioneer Tool & Die Co. | Akron | Ohio | On 5/18/2018, a temporary employee was operating a punch press when it amputated the employee's finger(s). | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Punch presses | |
| 21/04/2018 | Caliber Mold and Machine | Akron | Ohio | An employee was cleaning a part with an air hose when part of the air hose broke off and struck him in the face, fracturing his right eye socket. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance | Tool parts, accessories | Hoses |
| 16/04/2018 | The Smithers Group | Akron | Ohio | An employee was walking across the parking lot when his left leg snapped/broke, causing him to fall to the ground. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Walking, without other incident-single episode | Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker | |
| 20/03/2018 | Cleveland Clinic Akron General | Akron | Ohio | An employee was demonstrating an exercise to a patient during a physical therapy session when the employee fell onto the carpeted floor, suffering a neck fracture that required surgery. | Fractures | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floor | |
| 08/02/2018 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Akron | Ohio | An employee was prying rubber from a four-roll calender machine when his prying tool and glove were caught in the calender, pulling his hand inside. His right middle finger was amputated before he could get his hand loose. The machine was operating at the time of the incident. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery | Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves |
| 17/01/2018 | Giant Eagle Supermarket | Akron | Ohio | On January 17, 2018, an employee exited the front of the store and was walking on the outside designated walkway toward the parking lot when a pickup truck ran over and fractured her feet, knees, and legs. | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area | Pickup truck | |
| 09/10/2017 | COUNTRY PURE FOODS, INC. | Akron | Ohio | An employee was troubleshooting the cleaning process on a malfunctioning tank. When he attempted to correct the flow of chemicals, the chemicals sprayed him and ran down his apron, contacting and burning his foot. Foot protection was not worn at the time. | Chemical burns and corrosions | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemicals and chemical products | |
| 18/09/2017 | Chittenden & Dylag LLC | Akron | New York | On 9/18/2017, an employee was installing a residential roof and tearing off layers of the roof's pitch. While throwing a bundle of shingles to the ground, the employee fell about 17 feet to the ground, injuring the wrist and lower back. Fall protection was not used at the time of the incident. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Roofs | |
| 11/07/2017 | YMCA | Akron | Ohio | An employee slipped and fell while cleaning a swimming pool area. He tore a right hip ligament/muscle and was hospitalized. | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Water |
| 27/06/2017 | Goodman Networks Incorporated | Akron | Ohio | An employee was installing a satellite dish on a residential home. He was working from a ladder when he fell approximately 10 feet, breaking his left leg and requiring hospitalization. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Movable ladders | |
| 09/06/2017 | Cleveland Clinic Akron General | Akron | Ohio | An employee tripped and fell into a refrigerator, breaking her nose and leg. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Floor | |
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