Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-29 | Hebron | Il | PERFECT SHUTTERS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was spraying mold release spray on an injection mold machine when the machine's tie bar closed and pinched the employee's hand on the spray can. The employee suffered crush injuries to their right middle and ring fingers, as well as an amputation of their right ring fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2020-10-13 | Hebron | Oh | Unipac, Inc. | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding scrap into a shredder and caught his left arm in the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to his left bicep and forearm. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Hebron | Oh | Lear Corporation, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was retrieving a tool that had fallen into a foam conveyor line. The employee fell into the conveyor line and was stuck between the heated blowout manifold and the conveyor, suffering burns and broken ribs. | |||||
2020-02-04 | Hebron | Ohio | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was starting up a horizontal injection machine when the employee's right arm was caught by the park takeout area chute, resulting in an arm fracture. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Hebron | Ohio | TenCate Advanced Armor USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was removing/loosening webbed material from a rotating roller when the employee's left index finger was caught in the material, causing an amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-03-29 | Hebron | Ohio | Sunfield, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was placing strap around a bundle of pipe. The strap broke and the pipe shifted knocking the employee backwards resulting in a lower left leg fracture. | |||||
2017-06-23 | Hebron | Ohio | OHIO METAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On June 23, 2017, an employee was attempting to adjust the rails on a paint line when a robotic gantry loading mechanism struck him in the back and bent him over the machine, where a static centering handle pierced his upper right chest. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Hebron | Illinois | Perfect Shutters Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On May 24, 2017, an employee was pushing a piece of wood into a wood shaper when his right pinky finger entered the point of operation and contacted the shaper. He sustained a soft tissue amputation of his fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-17 | Hebron | Ohio | THK Manufacturing of America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lowering a cover die with an overhead crane when his left index finger was pinched and amputated between the cover die and the machine sleeve. | |||||
2016-10-03 | Hebron | North Dakota | Jayr's Spray Foam Insulation, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 9 feet through a working surface to the concrete below, sustaining fractures to the skull, ribs, and wrist and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Hebron | Ohio | Sunfield, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee suffered an amputation while checking a new die. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Hebron | Ohio | TenCate Advanced Armor US. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at a meshing machine when his right finger was caught in the chain, causing a de-gloving amputation. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Hebron | North Dakota | Ernst Trenching, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing the ground rod. While using the ground rod pounder to pound the rod on the downward position, the rod went through his right middle finger resulting in amputation. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Hebron | Ohio | RR Donnelley | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was webbing the paper through the printing press perf and anvil cylinder. The employee indexed the cylinders while holding the lead edge of the paper in the gap which drew the finger in, pinching it between two cylinders. The employee's right index finger was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-18 | Hebron | Ohio | SUNFIELD, INC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
After stopping a press line, an employee walked between the press brake light curtain. The press then cycled and the dye post came down, hitting the employee's right arm. His right forearm and hand were amputated, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-04 | Hebron | Ohio | RR Donnelly | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A press operator was removing a print unit from a press and placing the unit onto a cart when their hand was caught between the cart frame and the print unit. The left middle finger was amputated. | |||||
2015-09-18 | Hebron | Ohio | Heritage Sportswear | Multiple pelvic region locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off a step stool and injured her hip and pelvic bone. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-07-19 | Hebron | Ohio | Exel Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell on a walking working surface, suffering fractures to the left wrist and knee. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Hebron | Ohio | SUNFIELD, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On or about January 23, 2015, an employee sustained a finger amputation while placing steel in a press. |