Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Mansfield	Oh	Mansfield Engineered Components	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On November 1, 2021, an employee was attempting clear a jam in a riveter when his right middle finger became caught in the machine. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated and his right ring finger was crushed.
2021-09-10	Mansfield	La	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing a railcar door when his right thumb was pinched between the door handle and the latch. He suffered an amputation to the thumb tip (with no bone loss).
2021-09-08	Mansfield	Mo	CarbonCycle LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was watching an oven roller as part of the manufacturing process when their right index finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-08-02	Mansfield	Tx	Contech Engineered Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was lifting a large ring using a crowbar. The tool slipped and the ring came down on the employee's finger. The fingertip was amputated above the first knuckle.
2021-07-26	Mansfield	Tx	Mauser Packaging Solutions	Whole body	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift struck an employee, who suffered multiple contusions to the entire body.
2021-07-22	Mansfield	Tx	Ardex Americas	Jaw, chin	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was walking from the third floor to the fifth floor to put materials into a bin. He slipped and fell on steps, suffering two jaw fractures and a shattered chin.
2021-07-08	Mansfield	Tx	Plastic Industries Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was unloading resin from a railcar. As the employee was pushing the lever to open the outside storage container at the bottom of the rail car, his left pinky finger was amputated.
2021-06-01	Mansfield	Oh	Corpad Co Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On June 1, 2021, an employee was reinserting a repaired roll into a machine. Another roll in the machine tilted, came off the track, and fell onto him. He suffered broken ribs.
2021-05-13	Mansfield	Tx	Plastic Industries Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 5/13/2021, an employee was operating the silk screen machine. The machine was running while she adjusted the wheel nut with a wrench. The slide activated to the right and amputated her right middle fingertip.
2021-04-18	Mansfield	Oh	Bob Evans	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a box to reach an item on a shelf. The box tipped and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.
2021-04-14	Mansfield	Oh	Brost Foundry	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation.
2021-03-17	Mansfield	Oh	National Material Company, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was remotely operating a crane. The employee lost their footing and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-17	Storrs Mansfield	Ct	North American Crane & Rigging LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was oiling a boom hoist cable on a crane. His left hand was caught between the top of the sheave and under the keeper that was guiding the boom hoist cable. Four fingers on the hand were amputated.
2021-01-28	Mansfield	Mo	HUTCHENS INDUSTRIES INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An equalizer bushing pusher activated and caught an employee's right hand, amputating the tip of the employee's right thumb.
2021-01-14	Mansfield	Ma	Integrated Security, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee began to fall from a ladder when he reached out to grab a metal stud. His fingers got caught in a hole in the metal stud, resulting in amputation of two of his fingertips.
2021-01-09	Mansfield	Oh	NEWMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was transferring a die from a rack to a press machine using a manual roller table. The die fell, pinching the employee's fingers against the guardrail and breaking them.
2020-09-17	Mansfield	Oh	America's Best Siding LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a break machine to form metal . His right index finger was caught between the machine's clamp and the metal material, causing an amputation to the tip of the finger.
2020-07-13	Mansfield	Louisiana	International Paper - Mansfield Mill	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
A welder was tasked with a repair project on a de-barker machine. He was carrying a 44-pound roll of welding wire to the location. Accessing the de-barker drum requires walking down a rubber conveyor. While stepping onto the conveyor, the employee slipped. This caused him to drop the roll of wire onto his right hand. He sustained crushing injuries to the fingers on his right hand and required surgery for his right middle finger.
2020-07-06	Mansfield	Ohio	Brennstuhl Construction. Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was preparing to remove a trailer from a dump truck. The employee had unhooked the electricity and had just removed the pin to the trailer hitch when an excavator was offloaded from the trailer. The tongue of the trailer jumped off the hitch and pinched the employee's right index finger, causing a fracture, a torn ligament, the loss of the nail, and the amputation of about 3/8 inch of the tip.
2020-06-19	Mansfield	Texas	Sam's Club	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a pallet jack to stock inside a freezer when his finger became stuck between a steel plate and the power jack, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.
2020-05-24	Mansfield	Louisiana	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at a paper machine. As he was checking a label on a roll of paper, his foot was pulled into the conveyor. He suffered a broken toe and was hospitalized.
2020-05-18	Mansfield	Ohio	CSI CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were using a propane-powered saw indoors to cut concrete. They began to feel sick, stopped work, and went to the doorway for some fresh air. One of them lost consciousness and was hospitalized, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
2020-04-23	Mansfield	Louisiana	INTERNATIONAL PAPER	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while walking down stairs, falling and breaking his leg. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2020-03-13	Mansfield	Texas	Klein Tools, Inc. Mansfield Texas Distribution Center	Upper extremities	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was backing a forklift through an aisle when it struck another forklift. The employee suffered a loss of consciousness, then pain and weakness in the upper extremities.
2020-03-12	Mansfield	Texas	Oldcastle Infrastructure	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a crane that was lifting a mold with a turnover system. Another employee was operating the turnover system. The first employee was holding the hook to align the mold while the hydraulic lock on the hook was cycled. When the lock was cycled, the employee's left middle finger was pinched and partially amputated.
2020-02-28	Mansfield	Georgia	WILLIAM ERECTION COMPANY	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stationed on the ground hoisting materials via a crane. While following the materials on the crane, the employee tripped on a staged joist and fell injuring his left knee.
2020-02-10	Mansfield	Texas	Maxcess America	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a roll on a grinding lathe and contacted the headstock of the lathe, resulting in lacerations and a fractured left shoulder.
2020-01-24	Mansfield	Ohio	AK STEEL CORPORATION	Nonclassifiable	Explosion
On January 23, 2020, an employee working for AK Steel was starting to pour an electric arc furnace when an explosion inside of the furnace caused molten metal to be ejected from the furnace, striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with serious burns to her upper body.
2020-01-13	Mansfield	Ohio	Blevins Fabrication Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 13, 2020, an employee was operating a clip jig machine. The employee operated the lever to lower a hold-down fixture, placed clips on the part, and then operated the lever again to lower another fixture that pressed the clips into the part. The employee's right index finger was caught in the point of operation and the tip was amputated.
2019-08-28	Mansfield	Texas	Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee walked over to help support a bin of clothing that was on the rear lift of a box truck. The operator started to lower the bin to ground level when it fell off and struck the employee. The employee was knocked backwards and fell, striking her head on the concrete and suffering a possible brain hemorrhage.
2019-07-18	Mansfield	Massachusett	Longhorn USA	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was opening the door of a dishwasher when it came off the track and seriously lacerated his arm.
2019-07-14	Mansfield	Ohio	OHIO VALLEY MANUFACTURING INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 14, 2019, an employee was helping to set a die into a machine. The slack in the chain tightened and caught the employee's right ring finger between the chain and the die, resulting in an amputation.
2019-07-02	Mansfield	Texas	RL Murphey Commericial Roof Systems, LLC	Knee(s)	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee was on the roof on his knees drilling holes on the edge of a building with a hammer drill. He used force to push the hammer drill into the concrete edge of the building and strained his left knee.
2019-07-02	Mansfield	Texas	Klein Tools, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was attempting to pull a motor out of a sump tank when both eye bolts on the hoisting rig snapped, dropping the motor on top of the employee's right hand. The employee received multiple lacerations and broken bones on the right hand, requiring hospitalization.
2019-07-01	Mansfield	Louisiana	Jaguar Energy Services, LLC	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was attempting to close a manual valve after flushing a hydraulic choke. When the manual valve would not close, he went to retrieve a tool (wrench) to help close the valve and tripped over a flow line. He fell to the ground and broke his left arm.
2019-06-18	Mansfield	Ohio	Ag-Pro Ohio, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a battery when it dropped and fell on the employee's right big toe, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-31	Mansfield	Ohio	Keystone Richland Center LLC	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was helping care for youths when one of them struck her seven or eight times from behind, in the head, with the metal gooseneck of a faucet. She was hospitalized.
2019-04-25	Mansfield	Ohio	SEARS HOLDING, INC.	Knee(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was attaching the dock plate to a truck in the loading area when the truck drove forward and the employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground between the dock and the truck. The employee sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
2019-02-04	Mansfield	Ohio	Jay Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 4, 2019, an employee's right index finger was caught in a pipe bending or tube bending machine and partially amputated.
2019-01-31	Mansfield	Texas	Walmart #284	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was taking plastic from a pallet jack wheel when the pallet jack amputated the employee's left middle finger.
2018-08-08	Mansfield	Texas	Hoffman Cabinets, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was feeding wood into a jointer when the employee's left hand slipped into the blade, resulting in a pinky finger amputation.
2018-08-02	Mansfield	Texas	Travis Industries Mansfield Shop	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was spotting a forklift, which was moving three sections of structural pipe. The third section shifted and began to roll; as the employee tried to stop it, his right ring finger was fractured and his little finger was partially amputated to the first joint.
2018-07-30	Mansfield	Texas	Lane Construction	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the bed of a flatbed trailer, banging on the drum of a concrete mixer while it was being washed. He fell to the ground 5 or 6 feet below, breaking his tibia and fibula.
2018-05-21	Mansfield	Ohio	School Specialty, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was kneeling down to receive product when a nearby stand-up pallet operator turned a corner, causing the 240-pound load to fall and strike the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs and collapsed lungs, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-04	Mansfield	Ohio	NEWMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was making adjustments to a bender machine when the employee's right ring finger was pinched and amputated between the bender's carriage and bracket.
2018-02-28	Mansfield	Texas	Kroger Marketplace	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in a back room using a nutrition cart that had a three step ladder attached to it. She was obtaining product from a shelf when she fell backwards off the step ladder, landing on concrete and fracturing her left knee.
2018-02-08	Mansfield	Ohio	Major Metals Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On February 8, 2018, an employee was adjusting a tube cutting machine and amputated the pinky finger and crushed the ring finger.
2018-02-05	Mansfield	Ohio	Breitinger Company, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
On February 5, 2018, an employee was attempting to lift a steel coil when it fell on and pinned the employee's left leg, breaking the femur. He employee was hospitalized.
2018-02-01	Mansfield	Ohio	Nanogate Jay Systems, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While troubleshooting a booster pump, the cylinder actuated, pinching and amputating the employee's right ring finger.
2018-01-11	Mansfield	Ohio	Transit Management Richland	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was under a bus performing maintenance when the bus fell on and pinned the employee, breaking bones in the employee's chest and requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-22	Mansfield	Ohio	Zara Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On September 22, 2017, an employee was cutting flooring material on a table saw when the flooring material kicked out. His hand then contacted the saw blade, amputating his finger.
2017-09-21	Mansfield	Ohio	Clean Water Environmental LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On September 21, 2017, an employee was exiting from the top of a tanker truck and fell from the truck's fixed ladder, suffering a concussion, rib fractures, and a possible collapsed lung. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-09-01	Storrs Mansfield	Connecticut	Sodexo Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and a coworker were lifting a foot cart over a step when the cart shifted and pinned the employee's right pinky between the cart and the ground, amputating his fingertip.
2017-08-28	Mansfield	Ohio	AK STEEL CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee sustained a fingertip amputation when a bucket of mortar was set down on the employee's hand.
2017-08-15	Mansfield	Missouri	HUTCHENS INDUSTRIES INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was welding near a bin of parts that was stored at an angle to provide better reach for employees when a fork truck came up behind the bin of parts to move another bin. The forks hit the bin behind the employee and the bin tipped over, hitting and fracturing the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-04-24	Mansfield	Ohio	NEXT GENERATION FILMS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had just removed a shaft from a film roller and had a finger in the air valve when the valve closed and lacerated/fractured the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-03-21	Mansfield	Ohio	Metal Conversions, Ltd.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 21, 2017, an employee was using a baler to compress metal parts into a block. The employee's left foot was pushing some wire into the baler when the horizontal door caught the foot and amputated two toes. The baler was running at the time.
2017-03-18	Mansfield	Pennsylvania	Walmart Store #1945	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee was assisting a customer and fell backwards striking their head on the concrete floor. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
2017-03-12	Mansfield	Texas	Mansfield Sand & Select LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees were performing cutting operations near a 275 gallon container of used oil when sparks caused an explosion. An employee was hospitalized after suffering burns to their hands and lower body.
2017-01-26	Mansfield	Ohio	US Postal Service #38-4851	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail and slipped on a residential porch fracturing an ankle.
2016-10-15	Mansfield	Ohio	Ohio Valley Manufacturing	Arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was hospitalized with a broken left arm after being struck by a forklift.
2016-09-19	Mansfield	Massachusett	Pantair Valves and Controls US LP	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced an acute kidney injury due to severe dehydration while servicing and testing steam valves.
2016-08-23	Mansfield	Texas	Standard Paints	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was securing loads of angle iron when his right ring finger was caught between the two stacks, amputating it below the knuckle.
2016-06-30	Mansfield	Louisiana	Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While treating water in an aboveground tank, an employee became ill from heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
2016-06-27	Mansfield	Texas	Lane-Abrams Joint Venture	Leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
While performing measurements for a lime operation, an employee was caught between a pickup truck and a dozer blade, breaking the right leg.
2016-06-22	Mansfield	Ohio	Milark Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 22, 2016, an employee sustained partial left index and middle finger amputations while operating a form machine.
2016-06-06	Mansfield	Texas	Orkin Pest Control co.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while performing bee treatment, suffering a compound fracture to the right arm, a broken right wrist, and a broken tailbone.
2016-05-24	Mansfield	Ohio	Milliron Iron & Metal, Inc.	Brain	Struck against stationary object or equipment
While sweeping his work area, an employee struck his head on the lid of a metal storage container. He suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.
2016-03-31	Mansfield	Texas	SKYLINE CORPORATION	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning oil off the pneumatic stapler gun and a staple penetrated the employee's right hand.
2016-03-16	Mansfield	Pennsylvania	House Wood Products Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was standing next to the bandsaw operator when he contacted the moving bandsaw blade, amputating four right-hand fingers down to the knuckle.
2015-10-25	Mansfield	Louisiana	International Paper - Mansfield Mill	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Due to heavy rains, the wood chips lying on the #1 Reclaim Circulating Chip Conveyor became saturated and heavy to the extent that the weight yanked the gear box from the structural base. In order to make repairs, a maintenance employee was manually moving the gearbox chain tooth by tooth. When he released the chain on the third tooth/notch, he had his ring finger between the chain and the sprocket when the chain jumped causing his finger to be pinched. As the pinch was occurring, the employe
2015-09-26	Mansfield	Texas	Intercon Environmental, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was loading asbestos bags onto the scaffold and walking. The scaffold collapsed, struck him in the head, and knocked him down. He sustained a back injury.
2015-07-27	Mansfield	Ohio	TAYLOR METAL PRODUCTS CO.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On or about July 27, 2015, an employee sustained a serious leg injury after a steel coil fell on the employee's leg.
2015-07-02	Mansfield	Ohio	Milark Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On or about July 2, 2015, an employee was operating a press brake when it had a mechanical failure. The bolts holding the press up sheared off, and the press came down on the employee's right hand, amputating several fingers.
2015-06-16	Mansfield	Ohio	Breitinger Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting the body line machine when it actuated resulting in a two finger amputation (pointer and middle to first knuckle on the right hand).
2015-06-10	Mansfield	Louisiana	J.C. Fodale Energy Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was assisting offloading truck. A supervisor noticed the employee was sweating excessively and looked pale. The supervisor informed the employee to sit inside the air-conditioned truck and cool off. After a period of time the employee came out of the truck and attempted to continue to work. The employee complained that his hands were cramping. The employee was taken to the hospital. At the hospital, it was noted that the employee had high CK levels possibly due to prior heat illness.
2015-04-03	Mansfield	Texas	Parker Hannifin	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee smashed his finger while moving drums from a pallet, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2015-03-19	Mansfield	Massachusett	Acorn Manufacturing Co., Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A piece of metal was stuck on the conveyor near the shear. An employee climbed onto the moving conveyor to remove the metal and got his leg caught in the conveyor crushing it.