Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-03	Fairborn	Oh	Roof Dog, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee was installing or checking ridge vents on a metal rooftop. The employee fell to the ground about 30 feet below and suffered chipped vertebrae, a collarbone injury, an internal abdominal injury that required surgery, and a sprain or fracture to the wrist.
2020-09-24	Fairborn	Oh	Kroger	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was putting steel bands on a cardboard bale at the baler. She stepped back, tripped, and fell backwards resulting in a broken forearm.
2017-08-23	Fairborn	Ohio	Speedway, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking through an aisle and tripped over a broom. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken hip.
2017-03-20	Fairborn	Ohio	Ali Industries	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 3/20/17, an employee was operating a brake press to bend a piece of metal. While he was feeding the press, his right hand entered the machine, amputating his right middle and ring fingertips.
2017-02-01	Fairborn	Ohio	Bon-Ton	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
On February 1, 2017, an employee was using a vacuum cleaner and the plug came out of the outlet. When it was reinserted into the outlet, the employee received an electric shock. The vacuum was not turned off at the time. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-01-29	Fairborn	Ohio	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was retrieving documents from a safe and closed their left pinky finger in the safe door resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2016-04-07	Fairborn	Ohio	ISupply	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee had exited a forklift when a coworker traveling in the same direction in a motorized pallet jack forklift struck his left ankle.
2015-12-14	Fairborn	Ohio	I Supply Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
While driving a yard truck, an employee became ill from the vehicle's carbon monoxide exhaust and was hospitalized.
2015-12-10	Fairborn	Ohio	Combs Interior Specialties, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was hanging drywall from a scaffold and fell resulting in a head injury.
2015-09-19	Fairborn	Ohio	Goodwill Industries	Brain	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On September 19, 2015, an employee was riding a clothing cart down a hill. The cart tipped over and ejected the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
2015-06-27	Fairborn	Ohio	I Supply Co.	Foot (feet)	Nonclassifiable
An employee's foot got crushed between two motorized pallet jacks, resulting in in-patient hospitalization.
2015-06-09	Fairborn	Ohio	I Supply Co.	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
On or about June 9, 2015, an employee was injured when a forklift truck backed into and pinned the employee between the wall and a trailer. The employee sustained a right hip injury and broken pelvis.