Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-06 | Chagrin Falls | Oh | Safe For Home Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 6, 2021, a maintenance employee was clearing a jam on the auger of a recycling machine when the machine activated and amputated the employee's right middle finger at the middle knuckle. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | Dave Wood Tree and Landscaping | Multiple trunk locations | Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was about 25 feet up a tree, trying to cut off a large overhanging tree limb. The limb he had tied off to broke. He fell to the ground, landing flat on his stomach. He suffered collapsed lungs, fractured ribs, and an internally relocated stomach, requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-10-10 | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | DeBord Heating & Air Conditioning Inc | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was servicing a gas boiler system and was burned on the head/face due to a faulty gas valve. |