| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-31 | Lima | Oh | RUDOLPH FOODS CO. INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| On October 31, 2021 an employee suffered smoke inhalation after a fire occurred in a dumper located in a fryer room. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-19 | Lima | Oh | Industrial Resourcing Group | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was guiding a 10-inch diameter pipe section 3-4 feet long and weighing 200-300 pounds as a co-worker lowered it using a rope. The rope broke while the pipe was being lowered, hitting the employee in the back and resulting in pneumothorax of the left lung. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Lima | Oh | CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, INC | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On October 15, 2021, an employee was standing about 8-10 feet behind the operator of a water lance, being used to clean the tubing of a fin fan bank. The lance came out of the unit and a burst of water lacerated the employee's left hand and left cheek. | |||||
| 2021-09-23 | Lima | Oh | SUPERIOR FORGE & STEEL CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On September 23, 2021, an employee was assisting a co-worker with removing slings from a die when the crane holding the sling moved, causing the sling to swing toward the employee. The employee reached for the sling and his left thumb was caught between the sling and the die, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Lima | Oh | FedEx Freight | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was preparing to load a pallet on the dock and was checking the label on the pallet. The employee stepped on the edge of the skid and got caught on a piece of plastic wrap or tape and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained injuries to the right hip and leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-21 | Lima | Oh | Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On April 21, 2021, an employee was removing a pan from a conveyor when the employee's right index finger was caught between a belt and a pulley. The finger was degloved. | |||||
| 2021-03-02 | Lima | Oh | deSter Corporation | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming the inline grinder when his shirt sleeve got caught in the machine. The chain rubbed against his arm, causing a deep laceration to the right forearm. | |||||
| 2020-09-07 | Lima | Oh | Lima Convalescent Home Foundation, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| At about 5:45 a.m. on September 7, 2020, an employee tripped and fell in a hallway, striking her head on the floor. She suffered a head injury, a bruise to the right elbow, and a skin tear on the finger. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | Lima | Oh | BEF Foods, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On September 4, 2020, an employee was performing sanitation duties on a horizontal auger when their left arm became caught in the auger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left arm above the elbow. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Lima | Ohio | SpartanNash Distribution Center | Lower leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was walking backwards with a powered pallet jack when their leg was caught between the pallet jack and a pole. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia/fibula. | |||||
| 2020-02-14 | Lima | Ohio | Greto Heartland Industrial Packaging, LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 14, 2020, an employee was turning on the glue and the air in a carpet winder machine. The machine was turned on and the employee's left arm was broken. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Lima | Ohio | Lima Memorial Health Systems | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On February 6, 2020, an employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot, breaking an ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Lima | Ohio | IHS Services Inc | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was exiting the office building and descending the entry staircase when she missed the bottom step and fell onto the sidewalk, breaking her left distal femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Lima | Ohio | Benjamin Steel Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee operating a horizontal band saw contacted the blade and sustained a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-07 | Willimantic | Connecticut | Johns Scrap Metal | Brain | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee pulled the pin of a steel dumpster door. The door then swung open and struck the employee in the head causing a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-08-29 | Lima | Ohio | Lester Miller Roofing, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was tearing material from a flat roof, roughly 100 feet from the edge, when the employee stepped on a splice and fell through the roof to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with head and shoulder injuries. | |||||
| 2019-08-07 | Lima | Ohio | LIMA PALLET COMPANY, INC. | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off a stack of pallets to the ground, dislocating his foot. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | Lima | Ohio | Lima Memorial Health Systems | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| At about 12:00 p.m. on August 1, 2019, an employee was leaving a cafeteria when her foot caught on rubber flooring and she fell, breaking both kneecaps. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Lima | Ohio | United States Postal Service | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down stairs while delivering mail, suffering leg fractures. | |||||
| 2019-07-01 | Lima | Ohio | Lima Memorial Health Systems | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On July 1, 2019, an employee cleaning a room sprayed cleaning material that was in a spray bottle. The employee inhaled the mist from the spray and suffered an asthma attack, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | North Lima | Ohio | Diamond Steel Construction Co. | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a furnace at a job site. While the furnace was being lifted, it struck him in the leg, breaking his femur. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Lima | Ohio | AEP Ohio | Foot (feet) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was on a residential property collecting electrical meter readings, slipped on icy grounds and fell fracturing her left foot. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2018-08-01 | Lima | Ohio | GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was repositioning a tank turret that was suspended from a crane when the turret shifted, pinching the employee's fingers between the turret and the loading chains. The employee's right middle and index fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Lima | Ohio | OMNISOURCE CORP. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On June 25, 2018, an employee's right foot was crushed by scrap metal falling from a roll-off box that was being unloaded. He suffered a fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-28 | Lima | Ohio | Spartan Nash Distribution Center | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee was driving a forklift when his ankle was crushed. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-06 | Lima | Ohio | Ace Hardware Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| On February 6, 2018, an employee was unloading pipe from a lift gate when the employee tripped off the end of the lift gate and landed on the ground, suffering cracked ribs and a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Willimantic | Connecticut | General Cable Corporation | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost his balance and fell on the floor, fracturing the right wrist. | |||||
| 2017-06-13 | Lima | Ohio | Kellermeyer Bergensons Services LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level |
| An employee was replacing an empty propane tank on a propane floor buffer. While placing the empty tank in the propane cage, the employee fell to the concrete working surface, injuring the left side of his body and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-03 | Lima | Ohio | ALPLA INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning/vacuuming a re-grinder when the employee's left middle finger came into contact with the moving scrapper/paddle and was amputated. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Lima | Ohio | METOKOTE CORP. | Upper arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| On April 10, 2017, an employee was manipulating a steel sheet onto a line from a container when the sheet slipped out of his hand and cut his right bicep. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Lima | Ohio | OMNISOURCE CORP. | Pelvic region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On March 30, 2017, an employee was standing on a three-step ladder torching a roll off box when a piece of steel fell and struck his helmet, knocking him to the ground. The employee fractured the left hip/pelvis area and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-16 | Lima | Ohio | GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was shot blasting the inside of a turret. The employee lost their balance and sustained a laceration to the upper arm from the shot blast tool. | |||||
| 2016-09-14 | Lima | Ohio | Bluffton Paving, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| On or about September 15, 2016, an employee performing flagging duties in a construction zone was struck by a privately owned vehicle, suffering leg fractures. | |||||
| 2016-07-02 | North Lima | Ohio | Schwebel Baking Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee had stopped at a rest area and was walking around the front of his vehicle when he was struck by the front/passenger area of his vehicle as it rolled forward and turned to the right. He was pinned between his truck and an adjacent trailer, breaking his pelvis, rupturing his spleen, and injuring his knee. | |||||
| 2016-06-03 | Lima | Ohio | DANA HOLDING CORPORATION | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking to assist a coworker on another machine when he tripped over a pallet strap that was on the floor and fell to the ground, breaking his femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-13 | Lima | Ohio | BEF Foods, Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On or about April 13, 2016, an employee was cleaning off a machine with a compressed air hose when she lost control of the hose's coupler end. The air hose end whipped up and struck her in the eye, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-03 | Lima | Ohio | High-Tec Industrial Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On or about April 3, 2016, an employee was operating a water lance to clean a fixed pipe when he made contact with pressurized water, lacerating his left thumb. | |||||
| 2016-03-26 | Lima | Ohio | Evoqua Water Technologies LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was attempting to replace the permeate port on the end-cap of a reverse osmosis vessel. The equipment retained pressure, which caused the end-cap to be forcibly removed. The pressurized end cap struck the employee's right hand against a support member, amputating two fingers. | |||||
| 2016-02-16 | Lima | Ohio | INTERNATIONAL TANK SERVICE, INC. | Brain | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was jacking up a floating roof in an above ground storage tank. The extension on the bottle jack slipped and struck the employee resulting in stitches to the ear and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-08 | Lima | Ohio | The Lima Lumber Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On January 8, 2016, an employee amputated two fingers while operating a table saw to rip lumber. | |||||
| 2015-12-02 | Lima | Ohio | HEARTLAND SPECIALTY CONVERTING, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about December 03, 2015, an employee was lining up paper on the die cutter machine. The machine cycled, and the employee's finger got caught and was amputated between the machine rollers. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Lima | Ohio | BEF Foods, Inc. | Lower extremities | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On November 23, 2015, an employee was reversing a powered industrial vehicle. The employee got on the walk behind the lift, began to back up, and became pinned between a railing and the lift, suffering a crushing injury to the right lower extremities. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Lima | Ohio | AirGas | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On October 20, 2015, an employee was attempting to remove an air tank valve with a wrench when he lost his footing, fell, and broke his right femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-12 | Lima | Ohio | Process Service Specialists, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was descending a caged ladder. Due to earlier rain, the ladder rungs were slippery. The employee's foot slipped off a ladder rung and the employee fell an estimated 20 feet breaking the right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-08-05 | North Lima | Ohio | Bird Equipment LLC. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee fabricating highway signs was welding on a metal plate (approximately 530 pounds and 28"x33"x2") when the tack-welds gave way and the metal plate fell onto and crushed the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Lima | Ohio | Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
| On or about July 29, 2015, an employee sustained injuries consistent with electrical shock while filling a pop machine. | |||||
| 2015-07-20 | Lima | Ohio | Benjamin Steel Company | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On July 20, 2015, an employee was loading steel beams onto a truck when the beams fell. The employee tried to prevent the beams from falling with his arm, which got caught between two beans. His arm broke. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Lima | Ohio | Shawnee Manor Nursing Home | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On or about May 14, 2015, an employee was walking down a residence hall near the dining area when she slipped and fell due to water left on the floor. She fractured her left knee and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-04-14 | Lima | Ohio | Northwest Enterprises | Ankle(s) | Slip or trip without fall |
| An employee walking with a ladder twisted her ankle to the point that it broke. She was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-03-11 | Lima | Ohio | Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing, Lima Plant | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee suffered a finger amputation when his finger made contact with a moving fan belt on the aerosol air system control fan. | |||||
| 2015-01-15 | Lima | Ohio | GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS, INC. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On or about January 20, 2015, an employee was injured when a large metal plate fell on the right foot. Toes on the foot were subsequently amputated as a result of the injuries. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | North Lima | Ohio | Dart Trucking Company Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a circular saw to cut a piece of aluminum to make repairs on a dump truck when the saw kicked back, striking the employee on the right side of the neck. Sutures were required, and the employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||