Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-10-15	Defiance	Oh	Arps Dairy, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam in the half pint machine and amputated their left middle fingertip when it contacted the conveyor chain.
2020-09-08	Defiance	Oh	BLACK HORSE CARRIERS INC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a truck when he tripped over a pallet and fell from the raised gate to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken wrist and pelvis.
2020-04-15	Defiance	Ohio	Okuley's Pharmacy & Home Medical, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On April 15, 2020, an employee was using an ethanol filter to make sanitizer. As the employee was using a pump to filter ethanol from one 5-gallon bucket (through tubing and a charcoal filter) to another, the ethanol started to spray out and immediately caught fire. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, hands, and arms.
2019-05-15	Defiance	Ohio	GT Technologies, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
As a bundle of steel was being lowered by an overhead crane, it shifted and pinched an employee's left middle finger. The tip was amputated.
2018-09-05	Defiance	Ohio	Defiance Metal Products Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 5, 2018, an employee was operating a machine to form a part when his right index finger was pinched between a quick clamp and the part, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-07-31	Defiance	Ohio	Total Environmental Services LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to harmful substances or environments
Two employees became ill while removing asbestos tile. They were hospitalized.
2018-05-03	Defiance	Ohio	Baker shindler contracting company INC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On May 2, 2018, an employee suffered heat stress after working outside to finish concrete. He was hospitalized.
2017-10-05	Defiance	Ohio	OmniSource Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee's foot slipped out while he was stepping approximately 2 feet down onto a work platform to access a conveyor's grease point. He fractured his left lower leg and was hospitalized.
2017-06-30	Defiance	Ohio	Sensory Effects Powder Systems	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was handling a flex line full of hot water when water drained from the hose and entered the employee's boot, severely burning the employee's foot and leg.
2017-05-24	Defiance	Ohio	WFF Facility Services	Multiple head locations	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was cleaning a stairwell when she became dizzy and fell backward, striking her head. She fractured her skull and orbital bone.
2015-08-26	Defiance	Ohio	Romanoff Electric Co., LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
On or about August 26, 2015, an employee was struck-by an aerial lift while guiding it from the ground. The employee sustained a laceration and avulsion injury to the left leg.