| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Ashtabula | Oh | Grand River Rubber & Plastics Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating an auto separator pulled a broken piece of rubber out of the machine. When the employee freed up the piece of rubber, the machine's plucker activated and caught their finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-04 | Ashtabula | Oh | Plastpro 2000 Inc | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading a shipping container. A metal skid fell on his legs, resulting in a broken knee. | |||||
| 2020-09-23 | Ashtabula | Oh | Protegis Fire & Safety | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee propped a 6-foot step ladder up against the wall and as he was climbing up it, he fell off the ladder and was hospitalized for a hairline back fracture. | |||||
| 2020-08-26 | Ashtabula | Oh | Union Industrial Construction | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a ductile water line pipe to be replaced using a gas powered cut off saw. Something caused the saw to kick upwards and the body of the saw struck the employee's face causing fractures and a laceration. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-31 | Ashtabula | Ohio | CREATIVE MILLWORK OF OHIO INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a radial arm saw and amputated the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Ashta Chemicals Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a truck. While positioning a steel chemical drum on a drum tipper apparatus, the drum slipped through the straps and pinched the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized for a severe laceration to the thumb. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Ashtabula | Ohio | ITEN INDUSTRIES, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a punch press was struck by the die and was hospitalized with crushing injuries to the left hand. | |||||
| 2019-02-18 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Molded Fiber Glass Co | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| While walking into an office, an employee tripped on a step and fell, landing on his arm and chest. He broke two ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Ashtabula Rubber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 28, 2019, an employee was using an industrial reamer and suffered the amputation of the right ring finger past the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Ashtabula | Ohio | PLASTPRO 2000, INC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was servicing an overhead hoist while standing on a trimming table. The employee came down from the table and their right foot was caught on the crossbrace, causing the employee to land awkwardly. The employee suffered fractures to the right ankle, fibula, and tibia. | |||||
| 2018-02-20 | Ashtabula | Ohio | NORTHEAST BOX CO. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually lifting a gear from the rotary die cutter when the gear slipped, pinning and crushing the employee's middle fingertip and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-04 | Ashtabula | Ohio | PLASTPRO, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee entered a production line to make adjustments when he was hooked by the hoist and dragged down the line. The hoist pulled him through a 12-inch gap between two I-beams. He suffered broken ribs, a lacerated spleen, and cuts to his leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Union Industrial Contractors Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was swinging a sledgehammer while removing tracks from the excavator and suffered chest pains. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Ashtabula | Ohio | ITEN INDUSTRIES, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee performing maintenance on a press received an electrical shock that resulted in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Grand River Rubber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was performing a die and pin change on an extruder line. The employee moved the automatic cutting machine away from the extruder. When the employee hand-fed material through the cutting machine, it cycled and amputated the right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | Ashtabula | Ohio | ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL TIRE SERVICES, INC. | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was changing out a tire on a shuttle wagon when the machine slipped off of the jacks and fell on the employee, breaking his pelvis. | |||||