Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-15	Bellefontaine	Oh	SpartanNash	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On July 15, 2021, at 12:55 p.m., an employee stepped off a raised selection area onto a pallet in order to reach product when the pallet shifted, causing the employee to fall approximately 6.5 feet onto a pallet of product. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.
2021-02-22	Bellefontaine	Oh	EWH Spectrum LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On February 22, 2021, an employee was walking in her work station when she bumped into some boxes. She fell, suffering a broken hip.
2020-05-20	Bellefontaine	Ohio	EWH Spectrum LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was counting wire harnesses when the employee tripped over a wire harness that was hanging over the edge of a barrel. The employee fell to the concrete ground on their right side and suffered a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.
2019-08-23	Bellefontaine	Ohio	AutoSmarts, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
On August 23, 2019, an employee was positioning a scissor lift underneath a vehicle and reached up under the lift with his left hand when the lift collapsed on his left arm, breaking it.
2019-06-24	Bellefontaine	Ohio	EWH Spectrum LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was running terminals through a press machine when a terminal became jammed in the press. He was attempting to unjam the press when it was activated via the foot pedal. The press then partially amputated his left index finger.
2019-05-08	Bellefontaine	Ohio	AGC Automotive Americas	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was sliding a mold frame onto a table with another employee when his finger was pinched between the table and mold frame, resulting in a partial amputation on the left middle finger between the bottom of the nail and first knuckle.
2018-04-06	Bellefontaine	Ohio	ANR Securities, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On April 6, 2018, an employee was coming down after installing cameras and walking along the joists at a front entrance when he missed a joist and fell approximately 10' to the concrete below. He suffered an internal brain bleed, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-03	Bellefontaine	Ohio	SpartanNash	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was exiting a locker room when a forklift ran over and broke the employee's right foot.
2017-08-01	Bellefontaine	Ohio	Republic Services	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On August 1, 2017, an employee sustained a crushing injury to the right arm while performing maintenance on the hydraulic arm of a residential waste truck.
2017-06-29	Bellefontaine	Ohio	VALLEY INTERIOR SYSTEMS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On June 29, 2017, an employee was emptying a trash dumpster. He used a forklift to set the dumpster over the trash compactor. Once it was set, he exited the forklift and used the lever on the side of the dumpster to dump the trash. On his way back up, his finger was caught and fractured in a pinch point between the dumpster and compactor, requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-07	Bellefontaine	Ohio	HBD INDUSTRIES INC.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was hospitalized when their hand and arm were pulled into a roller.
2016-04-01	Bellefontaine	Ohio	AGC Automotive Americas	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On or about April 1, 2016, at approximately 10:10 p.m., an employee was walking from the receiving desk at the shipping dock when a forklift driver struck him. His left leg was amputated below the knee.
2016-02-16	Bellefontaine	Ohio	HBD/Thermoid, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 16, 2016, an employee suffered a fractured left forearm when their arm was pulled into a hose puller at the reeler end of line 8 in the extrusion department.
2016-02-06	Bellefontaine	Ohio	AGC Automotive	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 6, 2016, at approximately 12:30 PM, an employee sustained an amputation of the left middle finger to the first joint. The employee was preparing to dump a dumpster elevated by a forklift when the dumpster rolled back onto the employee's hand.
2015-11-17	Bellefontaine	Ohio	AGC Automotive	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was emptying the hopper into a dumpster. The hopper shifted and the employee's left index finger was caught in the hopper's dump door amputating the fingertip.
2015-01-29	Bellefontaine	Ohio	Lowes Home Centers, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On or about January 29, 2015, an employee was hospitalized for a finger amputation after an injury was sustained while working on/near racking used to stage lumber.