Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-07 | Ironton | Ohio | Vertiv | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was removing tooling from a hydraulic press brake when the brake came down on the employee's right hand, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger. | |||||
2017-09-16 | Ironton | Ohio | Muth Lumber Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to get a pulley going on a stacker/trimmer machine when the employee's glove was caught in the pulley. The pulley then smashed the employee's hand resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2016-03-07 | Ironton | Ohio | Muth Lumber Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet |
On March 7, 2016, an employee was moving a motor weighing approximately 350 pounds when the motor broke the floor, creating a hole. The employee fell approximately 25 feet through the hole, dislocating the left shoulder, fracturing an elbow, breaking a hip, and possibly rupturing the kidney and spleen. |