Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-14	Canton	Oh	Fresh Mark Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just checked the temperature of some product on a trolley and was trying to pull the trolley back into a chiller. The trolley instead followed the overhead rail system to a different chiller, hit the rail stop mechanism there, derailed, and fell to the ground. The employee was pinned under it and suffered a broken left tibia.
2021-07-08	Canton	Oh	Ohio Gratings, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a machine to cut grating to size when the clamp on the machine amputated their thumb.
2021-05-28	Canton	Oh	SUPERIOR DAIRY, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a palletizer and suffered a hand fracture that required surgery.
2021-04-21	Canton	Ga	T. K. & K. Unlimited, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee got tangled in a hose while stepping out of his truck. He fell backwards to the pavement, suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung.
2021-04-15	Canton	Oh	Universal Refractories Corporation	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was remote-operating a crane at about midnight. A steel beam fell and hit him in the head, knocking him into something hot. He suffered a concussion, a wound on the back of the head that required staples, and burns.
2021-04-15	Canton	Oh	Case Farms Processing, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing a machine when it started and the base plate struck the employee, resulting in a 3-centimeter laceration to the right side of their neck.
2021-04-12	Canton	Oh	Checkpoint Systems Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving product from a skid. The employee tripped over banding on the concrete and floor and fell, suffering a broken hip.
2021-03-19	Canton	Oh	S. Slesnick Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
A temporary employee was taking a measurement from a ladder leaned against a truck trailer. The ladder moved and the employee fell to the ground, suffering fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-15	Canton	Ma	QCD	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the rear of a delivery trailer to the ground while moving products around preparing for delivery. The employee sustained a broken arm.
2021-01-04	Canton	Ms	Vantec Hitachi Transport Systems (USA), Inc.	Heel(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a standup lift and lost control while entering the charging area. As the employee jumped from the lift, his left foot was caught between a floor barrier and the lift, resulting in a fracture to his left heel.
2020-10-01	Canton	Sd	Sanford Health	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped while walking up stairs and fell resulting in a tibia fracture.
2020-09-28	Canton	Ga	W & JR Painting	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was caulking a window from a ladder. The employee fell to the brick patio about 10-12 feet below, suffering a head injury.
2020-08-25	Canton	Oh	Superior Dairy, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
A maintenance employee was installing a light while standing on an 8 foot extension ladder. The bottom of the ladder kicked out due to a wet floor and the employee fell. He was hospitalized for a broken ankle.
2020-08-05	Canton	Oh	Atmosphere Annealing LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An operator was attempting to retrieve a part from a furnace loader when his shoe got caught in a cable, causing him to fall onto his side from a height of about 1 foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
2020-07-30	Cantonment	Florida	ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.	Head and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back.
2020-07-30	Canton	Ohio	Aultman Hospital	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
While taking her lunch break, an employee was exposed to another person's vaping, triggering a severe asthma attack that resulted in hospitalization.
2020-06-23	Canton	Massachusett	Cosentino Center of Boston	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a stone slab from an A frame when the stone slab fell on the employee. The employee sustained a broken leg.
2020-06-18	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was performing a pre-shift inspection of the straddle carrier truck (PIT). While climbing up the fixed ladder to the cab of the PIT, the employee fell approximately six to seven feet to the floor below. The employee sustained a fractured left heel and a possible compressed disc. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-06-09	Canton	Ohio	GLENMOOR COUNTRY CLUB	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting up tree logs and branches, while on the ground, when the chainsaw he was using kicked out and caught his left leg. He sustained severe cuts to the calf and was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-04-30	Canton	Missouri	CHARLES INDUSTRIES LTD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a clog of sawdust on the discharge side of a sawdust collection unit when his hand was contacted by the impeller, resulting in an amputation to the left middle finger and hand lacerations.
2020-04-20	Canton	Mississippi	Levi Strauss & Co.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a box from a conveyor. The employee's right glove was caught between the conveyor belt and a roller, and the back of the employee's right hand was abraded.
2020-02-19	Canton	Mississippi	Peco Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove jammed material from a bagger machine when the employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a finger tip amputation. The machine guard door was open at the time of the incident.
2020-02-13	Canton	Ohio	W.L. Logan Trucking Co.	Multiple pelvic region locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was clearing snow from the load on a curtain trailer. He slipped off the load and landed on the floor below, suffering a broken pelvis and a dislocated hip.
2020-01-21	Canton	Ohio	Central Allied Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
Employees were processing a pipe on site. A forklift driver lowered the pipe and, believing the forks had cleared the pipe, began to turn the forks to move the pipe. When the pipe started to move, it struck a nearby employee in the left leg. The injured employee suffered leg fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-01-20	Canton	Ohio	Union Metal Corporation	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving metal in a forming machine when an adjacent employee hit a button, causing the machine and metal to cycle in the wrong direction. The metal struck the employee's leg, causing severe leg lacerations that required hospitalization.
2019-09-13	Canton	Missouri	Goerlich Roofing Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a roof during roofing work, suffering a broken right hip, broken right elbow, and broken right ribs.
2019-09-01	Cantonment	Florida	Deans Solid Surfacing, Inc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A piece of quartz countertop material was stored on an A-frame metal storage stand that was 9 3/4 inches off the floor, with wheels on one end and permanent legs on the opposite end. The material slipped off the edge of the stand onto an employee's right foot, breaking two toes. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
2019-08-20	Canton	Oklahoma	QES Pressure Pumping, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee had just replaced a rubber O-ring on a manifold and was trying to put the bull plug back on the missile when it slipped off and took the employee's hand down, striking it against the flat metal plate below. As a result, the employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.
2019-08-20	Canton	Ohio	CANTON DROP FORGE INC.	Multiple head locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing flash from a forged product using a long rod. The forge operator did not see the wand while it was within the press, cycled the hammer, and struck the wand. The wand then flew upwards, striking the employee in the right side of his face and resulting in a fractured jaw and cheek bone. The employee fell backwards and struck his head, resulting in a skull fracture.
2019-07-19	Canton	Mississippi	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was switching out an empty storage rack with a full storage rack that she had towed to the production line. The employee began closing the shelves on the empty rack, lowering each shelf, one at a time, starting with the bottom and working her way up. As the employee lowered the third shelf from the top, the second shelf dropped and closed on her right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-07-08	Canton	Massachusett	Premier Fence, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was guiding a guardrail post out of the ground. It released from the hole with force and jumped up. The employee's right hand was pinched between the post and the boom of the puller machine, causing an amputation of soft tissue on the ring finger.
2019-07-08	Cantonment	Florida	Industry Services Co., Inc.	Multiple body parts	Vehicle or machinery fire
On July 8, 2019, an employee was using a forklift (to unload a heater from a truck) when it caught fire. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to 40 percent of his body and hospitalized.
2019-07-06	Canton	Ohio	FRESH MARK INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a sealing machine when the lower die moved. The employee's left index finger was caught between the lower and upper dies, sustaining a partial amputation.
2019-06-30	Canton	New York	CORNING INC.	Face	Fire
An employee was performing a manual shutdown of a glass furnace during a power outage when a fire occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's face.
2019-06-03	Canton	Massachusett	Northern Pipeline Construction Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was moving a gas meter post to a truck, tripped and fell. The post landed onto his left hand and fractured three fingers.
2019-05-31	Cantonment	Florida	Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On May 31, 2019, an employee was clearing a jammed bag from the bagging machine sealer when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the transfer belt and the bagging machine's shaft. He sustained a laceration to both his right middle and ring fingers and was hospitalized.
2019-05-11	Canton	Ohio	Superior Dairy, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing a re-grinder and amputated four fingers.
2019-04-30	East Canton	Ohio	RESCO PRODUCTS, INC.	Knee(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee was stepping off of a scale (approximately 6.5 inches) and his knee buckled. The employee was hospitalized for swelling.
2019-04-29	Canton	Massachusett	DUGGAN MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was dropping equipment off an 8-foot roof when he lost his balance and jumped to the concrete ground approximately 11 feet below. The employee suffered fractured heels and ankle.
2019-03-30	Canton	Ohio	CANTON DROP FORGE INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was placing a steel jamb near the opening of a rotary forging furnace and was struck by the steel jamb when it fell causing a contusion injury to the right calf.
2019-03-07	Canton	Ohio	Fresh Mark, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's left index fingertip was caught between two horizontal product trucks, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
2019-02-11	Canton	Ohio	NESCO Resource	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A home health aide was leaving a grocery store when she slipped and fell to the ground in the parking lot, breaking her left hip.
2019-02-05	Canton	Ohio	Wyoming Casing Service	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was putting pipe stoppers into a casing block and then onto a pipe rack when one of the casings came loose and rolled onto his right hand, smashing it and requiring hospitalization. The casing was 36 feet long and weighed 20 pounds per foot.
2019-01-31	North Canton	Ohio	Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On January 31, 2019, an employee was struck by a motor vehicle in the employer parking lot while walking from the building to her car. She sustained left lower leg and ankle fractures.
2019-01-28	Canton	Ohio	Timkensteel Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Rail vehicle incident, n.e.c.
On January 28, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the injured employee, a scrap operator and employee in training for locomotive operations, was performing scrap railcar spotting operations with a trainer at the half track at Timken Steel Corporation scrap yard. Both employees were riding the leading edge of the railcars proceeding in an easterly direction. The injured employee was riding on the north side of the railcar and the operator was on the south. As the railcar went around a slight bend
2018-09-24	Canton	Ohio	Freshmark	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On September 24, 2018, an employee was using an electric sewer cleaning machine to unblock a drain. The coil spring got stuck and caught his left ring finger, amputating the tip.
2018-09-18	Canton	Ohio	Republic Steel	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A maintenance employee was releasing pressure off a valve in the melt shop when a pipe failed and ruptured. The metal pipe, under pressure, struck the employee in the head and face, causing an injury that required hospitalization.
2018-08-25	Canton	Ohio	KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was moving a piece of steel to its landing position when his left fourth digit fingertip was caught between the steel and its landing position, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-08-21	Canton	Ohio	The M Conley Company Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall, slip, trip
While making a delivery, an employee fell and suffered a possible amputation of the right pinky finger.
2018-08-17	Canton	Ohio	Frito Lay Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was at a public refueling station attempting to clean the windshield of an 18-wheeler after making deliveries when the employee fell and suffered a punctured neck.
2018-08-13	Canton	Ohio	Beaver Petrolium	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a bucket that was turned upside down to clean his truck. He fell off the bucket onto the concrete floor and suffered a fractured skull and neck.
2018-08-13	Canton	Massachusett	Jubilant Draximage Radio Pharmacies Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a vending machine when it tipped over on him. He injured his hip and was hospitalized.
2018-08-01	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a step ladder working on a shaft drive for a cooling bed when he missed a step while coming down, falling backward and hitting his head on equipment or the ground. The injury required stitches.
2018-07-31	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting material in a cutoff saw. The clamp to hold the material in place closed, pinching the employee's left little finger against the material. His fingertip was amputated.
2018-07-13	Canton	Illinois	TCI Companies, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was installing an underground irrigation system when a cap for a 2-inch PVC pipe blew off with approximately 60 pounds of pressure and struck the employee in the right eye area, causing a laceration above the right eye and fractured right eye socket.
2018-07-05	Canton	Ohio	VAUGHN INDUSTRIES, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was removing a transmission line from a bucket truck. The line sagged, contacting a live wire below, and the employee suffered an electrical shock and burn.
2018-06-19	Canton	Mississippi	TransForce, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee exited his switcher truck to ask another driver where to drop his trailer when his truck started to move. He was trying to stop the truck when he was caught between it and another trailer. He suffered head trauma, broken ribs, and multiple lacerations, requiring hospitalization.
2018-06-12	Canton	Ohio	SUPERIOR DAIRY, INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working in the blow molding area making bottles when the machine jammed. As the employee tried to clear the jam, his index fingertip was amputated by the trimmer.
2018-06-08	Canton	Georgia	Pilgrims Pride Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking through a doorway and caught a heel beneath the door causing her to trip and fall and break the left hip.
2018-06-02	Canton	Massachusett	Brightview Landscape Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was adjusting the height on a mower deck and amputated two fingertips on his left hand when they struck the spinning blade.
2018-05-16	Canton	Ohio	B-TEK SCALES, LLC	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A temporary employee was loading product onto a tractor trailer as a crane operator was lowering product onto the truck. The temporary employee's hand was then caught between the crane's load and the product on the truck. The employee suffered a broken hand and was hospitalized.
2018-05-02	North Canton	Ohio	The Timken Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was hand feeding a piece of sheet metal into a roll forming machine when his right hand contacted the rolls, pulling his hand into the machine. Four of his right fingers were partially amputated.
2018-04-03	Canton	Ohio	Fresh Mark, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a packaging machine when his right thumb was caught in the chain drive, fracturing and partially amputating his thumb at the distal first phalanx.
2018-03-21	Canton	Ohio	Share and Kare, Inc.	Leg(s)	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was loading up a car to transport a client to a doctor's appointment. The client locked the employee out of the car and started the engine, then put the car in reverse and struck the employee. The employee suffered third degree burns to the leg and two leg fractures.
2018-03-15	Canton	Ohio	Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell approximately 3 feet from a scaffold ladder to the ground while climbing, suffering a broken pelvis.
2018-03-12	Canton	Ohio	OHIO GRATINGS INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding stock into a punch press when he lost his footing and his hand entered the press as it cycled, amputating four fingers.
2018-03-05	North Canton	Ohio	PIEDMONT AIRLINES DBA U.S. AIRWAYS EXPRESS	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was loading bags onto a plane when she felt discomfort in her back due to a spider fracture.
2018-02-18	Canton	Missouri	EXPEDITION ACRES LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working in the breeding room and was exposed to an elevated level of ammonia from pig waste. The employee was hospitalized for a respiratory system burn.
2018-02-15	Canton	Massachusett	Northern Clearing	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee suffered a fractured foot when an excavator bucket struck a timber mat pile and the mat struck the employee's foot. The employee was 18 feet away at the time.
2018-02-13	Canton	Ohio	SUPERIOR DAIRY	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was troubleshooting/changing a belt on an air handling unit in the office area. The machine was shut off. As the employee checked the tension on one belt, the right middle finger contacted the still turning motor and was pulled into the flywheel resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-02-13	Canton	Ohio	SUPERIOR DAIRY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on a chain on a palletizer conveyor and got his finger caught in the master link resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.
2018-02-09	Canton	Ohio	Enervest Operating LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was manually moving a pump jack to a neutral position so he could grease the gears when his right index and middle fingers were pinched between the belt and a pulley. His right index fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle and his middle fingertip was crushed.
2018-02-08	Canton	Ohio	Fresh Mark, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a skinner machine and guiding hams to allow the tooth roll to grab and pull the hams into the skinning blade when a ham shifted, causing his smock sleeve and skinner glove to become caught in the tooth roll/skinning blade. He suffered an acute soft tissue injury of the right arm.
2018-01-31	Canton	New York	Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell backward and struck the back of his head while negotiating a stairway. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed.
2018-01-24	Canton	Massachusett	Stoneridge	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to the facility from the company parking lot when she slipped on ice and injured her back, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-20	Canton	Ohio	G&R Excavating Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee had helped to load a backhoe onto a trailer and was walking toward the front of the trailer to get down. The employee was walking under the outrigger of the backhoe when the chain snapped and knocked the employee off of the trailer onto the ground. The employee suffered a ruptured spleen and internal bleeding.
2018-01-15	Canton	Ohio	Superior Dairy	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 15, 2018, an employee was trouble shooting a computer control program and while visually inspecting the highly magnetized metal shaft the two magnets came together and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip.
2018-01-12	Canton	Georgia	Pilgrims Pride Corporation	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while walking in the hallway, fracturing his face and shoulder.
2018-01-03	Canton	Georgia	ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was walking near another employee who was cutting a tree stump with a chain saw when the saw kicked back and hit the first employee. He suffered a laceration to his left shin that required stitches and overnight hospitalization.
2018-01-02	Canton	Ohio	SRT LLC	Head	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray painting polyurethane onto a tank from an extension ladder. The ladder slipped on wet paint, causing the employee to fall approximately 5 to 6 feet onto the concrete below. He suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-10-13	Cantonment	Florida	Thompson Tractor Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was wearing gloves while replacing a track tensioner on an excavator when his right hand was caught between the machine's track adjuster and the metal tracks, amputating his middle fingertip without bone loss.
2017-10-09	Canton	Mississippi	Peco Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading a plastic fill bag onto a bagger holder when his finger was smashed between a bar on the fill and the bagger holder. He was hospitalized.
2017-10-02	Canton	Mississippi	Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
An employee was carrying an extension ladder on his shoulder when he stepped in a hole and injured his back. He was hospitalized.
2017-09-29	Canton	Ohio	Profile Plastics, Inc.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was performing regular maintenance on a die machine when hot melted plastic fell from the machine and landed on his face. He suffered second and third degree burns on his face and was hospitalized.
2017-09-19	Cantonment	Florida	AT&T	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an extension ladder mounting a dish at a residence when wasps stung him several times and he fell off the ladder. He suffered a pinched nerve and numbness in his upper arms/neck, requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-08	Canton	Ohio	Selinsky Force	Nonclassifiable	Other structural fire without collapse
An employee was working on a crane when an employee from another company charged a melting pot. The charge was higher than expected, which caused the melting pot fire to go into the roof and burn the employee.
2017-08-25	Canton	Ohio	MPW Industrial Services, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was standing approximately 20 feet away from a coworker that was hooking up a 6,000 psi sewer jet to clean out a pipeline. When the hose was turned on in the truck, the hose came out of the pipeline and sprayed the employee's chest just below the breast line. The employee was cut and hospitalized.
2017-08-16	Canton	Ohio	REPUBLIC STEEL	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was about to step up onto a manipulator car in order to change a light when he slipped and fell onto the car and sustained multiple fractures to his left rib cage.
2017-08-02	Canton	Ohio	TeamCraft Roofing	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was picking up a roll of rubber in the storage shed and lost his footing. He fell on the 4" storage lip and broke his hip.
2017-07-24	Canton	Georgia	UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's arm was on a saw table while two coworkers were at the main control when the equipment was activated. The employee's arm was caught between the roller and the saw gauge, suffering a fracture and laceration.
2017-07-19	Canton	Oklahoma	O'Reilly Auto Parts	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading rotors from his pickup truck when a two-wheel dolly fell on his right pinky finger and smashed it against the truck bed. His right pinky finger was amputated.
2017-06-05	Canton	Illinois	Grand Vertex, LLC	Brain	Kicked by animal
An employee was attempting to collect semen from a male pig that was in a pen when the pig fell down. The employee entered the pen to help the pig to its feet. The pig then kicked the employee, whose head struck a gate. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
2017-05-25	Canton	Massachusett	Citizens Financial Group, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a car in the parking lot.
2017-04-25	New Canton	Virginia	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a wet staircase after delivering a parcel when she slipped and fell down the stairs, resulting in a broken right femur. The injury required surgery.
2017-04-20	Canton	Ohio	American Aluminum Extrusions	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing a broken bolt on a pneumatic cylinder of a 3,000 ton aluminum extrusion machine and amputated the right thumb at the first knuckle joint. The machine was guarded by distance with a guardrail system. The machine was running at the time.
2017-04-18	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Head and trunk	Explosion, n.e.c.
During the tap/pour process, an arc flash explosion occurred and an employee that was standing approximately 30 feet from the operation received multiple burns to the face and chest from the molten metal and solids. The employee also sustained lacerations to the thigh and forehead.
2017-03-28	Cantonment	Florida	Gulf Power Company	Thoracic region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was conducting electrical line maintenance and was using the fixed steps of a bucket truck when he fell about 6 feet to the ground, suffering a compression fracture to his upper back. He was hospitalized.
2017-03-03	Canton	Mississippi	Peco Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a bagger machine and lacerated the left index finger requiring overnight hospitalization. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.
2017-02-27	Canton	South Dakota	Rutten Structures, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was sweeping off the roof, slipped on ice and fell 13 feet to a lower level. The employee sustained broken ankles and a broken wrist.
2017-02-09	Canton	Mississippi	Yates Services LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift, which lacerated his right lower leg and required hospitalization.