| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | Medina | Oh | Armstrong Utilities | Upper extremities | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| While working from the bucket of a bucket truck to replace residential telecommunication lines, an employee contacted energized 720V overhead power lines. The employee received electric shock injuries including burns and an amputation to the left arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-02 | Medina | Oh | Alberino Construction | Nonclassifiable | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw when they contacted the saw blade, resulting in a severe laceration. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | Medina | Oh | Comfort Systems USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a rooftop heater when the v-belt pulley pulled the employee's glove inward, resulting in the amputation of his thumb. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | Medina | Oh | Life Care Center of Medina | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was working in a dishwashing area when she slipped and fell. Her right ankle was caught under a pole and was broken and dislocated. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Medina | Ohio | United Tube Corporation | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting cardboard into a coil on the slitter when his glove got caught by the edge of the steel and pulled his arm into the slitter. The employee's left arm was amputated above the elbow. | |||||
| 2020-06-12 | Medina | Ohio | STANDARD WELDING AND STEEL PRODUCTS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using an industrial lifting magnet to pick up a steel plate when the magnet dropped the steel plate. The employee had his left ring finger on the table when the plate dropped, smashing the fingertip, which had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Medina | Ohio | Outback Steak House | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On May 20, 2020, an employee was mopping a restaurant floor. As he was wringing the mop in the bucket, he slipped, fell, and broke his left hip. He hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Medina | Ohio | Walmart Supercenter #1894 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On June 11, 2019, an employee was pulling a pallet off a truck when it fell on him, dislocating his shoulder and breaking his foot. | |||||
| 2018-08-12 | Medina | Ohio | National Tire & Battery | Arm(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was using a tire-mounting machine when the tire exploded and struck the employee's right arm, tearing ligaments and tendons. | |||||
| 2018-08-08 | Medina | Ohio | TFP Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee had completed a butt-weld on two wire coils and had tossed the welding cable behind him. He was then on his way out of the work area when he stepped on either the cable or the connector to the cable. The cable then rolled and he fell onto his right side. He was unable to move his right leg due to a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2018-07-11 | Medina | Ohio | Conrads Tire Service Inc | Arm(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| On July 11, 2018, an employee was mounting a 16-inch tire onto a 16.5-inch rim. The tire would not seat on the rim, so the employee used a 150-psi air line to inflate it. The tire and wheel assembly then burst and struck the employee, who suffered a broken arm and lacerations to the arm and face. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Medina | Ohio | Hospice of Western Reserve/Hospice of Medina County | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| A nursing assistant had just moved a patient. She stepped away and to the side, tripped, and fell. She sustained fractures to her left radius and ulna (the radial fracture requiring surgery), as well as her left tibia/patella. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Medina | Ohio | The Apostolos Group, Inc. | Arm(s) | Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| On 4/05/2018, an employee was in a car accident due to ice/slick roads. He broke his arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Medina | New York | Brunner International Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was placing a part in an upsetter machine when his right thumb was pinched between the backstop and the end of the backstop bolt, amputating his thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-05-29 | Medina | Ohio | Cornerstone Innovations | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was throwing trash into an outside dumpster when she tripped and fell, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-03-06 | Medina | Ohio | SFS Group USA Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee's right hand was caught between two rollers while attempting to unjam a metal part on the roll sorter machine resulting in overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-20 | Medina | Ohio | PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While standing on a mezzanine platform, an employee opened a gate and was moving pallets for a powered industrial vehicle to retrieve when he fell out of the open gate to the ground, breaking his femur. | |||||
| 2017-01-11 | Medina | New York | Pride Pak Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the tumbler and amputated the left pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Medina | Ohio | Gasko Fabricated Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 20, 2015, an employee's left index finger got caught in a flywheel while setting up a mechanical power press. Her finger was amputated to the first knuckle. The flywheel was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-05-12 | Medina | Ohio | TFP Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing a butt weld on two metal rods. He lined up the metal rods in the clamp and did not pull his hand out of the way when the clamp took hold and the butt weld was activated. His left index finger was partially degloved and amputated. | |||||
| 2015-05-01 | Medina | New York | Brunner International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's glove got stuck when loading a part into Shear # 3. When the employee used his left hand to pull his right hand out, he kicked the foot pedal and cycled the machine, pinching the end of the middle finger on his right hand between the part and the machine. | |||||
| 2015-03-10 | Medina | Ohio | WAL-MART #1894 | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was shelving items in the meat cooler when he collapsed and fell from a 5-foot, metal A-frame ladder. He was found on the ground with his feet resting on the second rung of the ladder. | |||||