Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-11 | Kenton | Oh | Sekisui Plastics U.S.A., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
On September 11, 2020, an employee was hospitalized after their right ring finger was caught in a jammed garage door near the compactor as it was being forced closed with the forks of a forklift. The finger was lacerated. | |||||
2020-05-17 | Kenton | Ohio | Strawser Construction, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down a ladder on a tanker truck. The pneumatic guardrail system on the top of the truck retracted and struck the employee. The employee fell to the ground, suffering broken bones. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Kenton | Ohio | Health Care Services Group Inc | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On April 16, 2020, an employee was walking when she tripped over broken down cardboard boxes and fell to the ground, injuring her shoulder. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-08 | Kenton | Ohio | Durez Corporation | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was attempting to dislodge a blockage from the transfer line. The steam was shut off, but pressure remained in the line. When the blockage was dislodged, hot resin (200 degrees Celsius) sprayed down into the drum and onto the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Kenton | Ohio | Swift Transportation Co Of Arizona, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road |
An employee was struck by a vehicle while sliding trailer tandems on the side of the road, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Kenton | Ohio | Sekisui Plastics USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was setting up the plastic injection molding machine and lacerated the left pinky finger. | |||||
2015-05-14 | Kenton | Ohio | Brim's Imports | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet while pulling parts from a storage rack located outside; the employee was hospitalized and sustained multiple fractures. |