| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-03 | Bowling Green | Oh | COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 3, 2021, an employee was feeding rubber into an extruding machine when their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a crushing injury to the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Bowling Green | Ky | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| A mail carrier was delivering mail when they fell on the sidewalk due to uneven pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | Bowling Green | Oh | Rosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On September 4, 2020, a welder operator was training a new employee on how to operate a robotic welder. The machine actuated while his left hand was in it, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-12 | Bowling Green | Oh | Pinnacle Industrial Enterprises | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing the plunger on a press and adding bolts to the side of the plunger. When the employee lowered the lazy Susan, the plunger fell and one of the bolts punctured the employee's right hand, causing an open fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-06-03 | Bowling Green | Florida | HOGAN DEDICATED SERVICES, LLC | Lumbar region | Fall on same level |
| An employee was unloading freight at a store. He fell while bent over a pallet of product and landed on his back, suffering a lower-back fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | Bowling Green | Ohio | VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| At about 12:20 a.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was trying to adjust a stack of sheet metal when the stack fell. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between the sheet metal and a pallet, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | Bowling Green | Missouri | SPARKS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTING, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was moving silo panels when his left thumb was caught in a pinch point between a jib and a strap, resulting in a left thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Triple D Communications, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| At about 11:30 a.m. on August 1, 2019, an employee was working from a bucket truck, taking measurements of a telephone pole. A power line touched him, causing electrical burns. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-28 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Woodlane Residential Services, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On July 28, 2019, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was in the office when her knee gave out. She fell to the ground and sustained fractures to the left shoulder and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-14 | Bowling Green | Ohio | A-Gas | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On June 14, 2019, an employee installed an adapter on a compressed gas cylinder, then actuated the cylinder. There was a suspected failure in the adapter, and the cylinder struck the employee. The employee suffered fractures to the ribs and shoulder, as well as a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Mid-Wood, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 6, 2019, a grain elevator operator was cleaning out a grain bin using a long scraper to scrape the residual grain from the edges while standing on a ladder. The ladder cannot be opened in the area due to the conveyor belt running down the middle. The employee leaned the ladder up against the wall and climbed up to perform the scraping duties. The employee's foot hit the moving conveyor causing the ladder and the employee to fall over. The employee landed on the conveyor and was dragged u | |||||
| 2019-05-15 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Curation Foods | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was washing conveyor belts that run food into a chopper when the employee's rain coat sleeve became caught between the conveyor belt and the roller, resulting in a laceration to the left wrist/hand. | |||||
| 2019-04-13 | Bowling Green | Ohio | EnviroZyme | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On April 13, 2019, an employee's torso and right arm were burned when a pH probe came out of a fermentation vessel fitting and steam was released through the open port. | |||||
| 2019-04-11 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Brint Electric, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was at the top of a ladder changing light bulbs and fell onto a music stand, which impaled the employee and punctured a lung. | |||||
| 2019-01-08 | Bowling Green | Ohio | VTECH SYSTEMS, INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing parts from an oven. The employee removed one part with tongs, went to remove the second part, and lost balance. The employee's left hand touched the first part and was burned. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-16 | Bowling Green | Ohio | PINNACLE PLASTIC PRODUCTS | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was leveling out a mold when the employee slipped on hydraulic fluid and fell on a press bolt, injuring the upper right arm and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-23 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Biofit Engineered Products Limited Partnership | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 23, 2018, an employee was operating a tube bender machine while sitting on a chair. The machine actuated, and the employee's finger was caught between the clamp and the metal piece; the employee suffered an amputation to the tip of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Bowling Green | Ohio | TOLEDO MOLDING & DIE CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On February 7, 2018, an employee received a partial left middle finger amputation while changing a mold on a blow molding machine. | |||||
| 2017-01-16 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Pioneer Packaging Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning meat from the door of a meat mixer and amputated the right middle finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Phoenix Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee cut a finger and was hospitalized while moving a piece of metal in a storage closet. | |||||
| 2016-09-24 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Bob Evans Farm, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On or about September 24, 2016, an employee slipped on a grease spill between the grill line and drink station and suffered a possible broken hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Bowling Green | Ohio | PINNACLE PLASTIC PRODUCTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On or about August 2, 2016, an employee was sawing pieces of plastic with a band saw when the blade lacerated his left-hand index finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Bowling Green | Ohio | J & R Contracting Co. Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On April 6, 2016, an employee was hospitalized with a broken leg after slipping and falling from a step on a box truck. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | Bowling Green | Ohio | VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On February 1, 2016, an employee was unloading parts from a conveyor when the conveyor stopped because a part was stuck upstream. The employee attempted to retrieve the part when a piece of steel began to index, got caught, and pinched her finger. Her right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-31 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Phoenix Technologies International, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| On January 31, 2016, an employee was hospitalized due to static shock that occurred while loading clean plastic flake into a silo from the overflow bag. | |||||
| 2016-01-20 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Regal-Beloit Corp. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On January 20, 2016, two employees inadvertently walked into each other. One employee fell to the ground and was later hospitalized for a broken hip requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-25 | Bowling Green | Missouri | TRUE MANUFACTURING | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee amputated her left pinky fingertip while cutting tomatoes during lunch preparation. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Bowling Green | Ohio | Rosenboom Machine & Tool Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about 6/15/15, an employee operating pipe bender machine was caught in the machine and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-01-26 | Bowling Green | Ohio | COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On January 26, 2015, employee was walking on the roof to tend to a fire in an exhaust stack. The employee slipped on a patch of black ice on the roof and broke an ankle while on the way to the stack. Employee fell, but did not fall off the roof. | |||||
| 2015-01-19 | Bowling Green | Ohio | CMC Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On or about January 19, 2015, an employee received a partial finger amputation while using the shrink wrap machine. | |||||