Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-17 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | United Parcel Service | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was closing the rear door of a truck. His left ring finger was pinched in the door handle, and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | Heinen's Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was grinding meat for burgers when the grinder jammed. As he attempted to unjam it, the stored energy was released and his left thumb was caught in the meat grinder and amputated. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | ParkMed of Ohio LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was valet parking cars and struck a light pole. | |||||
2018-04-10 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on an automated press when another employee activated the press while the injured employee was still in the die. The press die then caught and partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-04-17 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | Tech-Matic Industires, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to roll by hand a steel coil weighing approximately 600 pounds and measuring approximately 48 inches tall and 3 inches wide. The coil was upright and when the employee attempted to roll it, it tipped forward and fell to the ground and the employee fell with it. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to the first three fingers on her right hand. | |||||
2016-03-23 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | Goodman Networks | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On or about 3/23/2016, at approximately 9:30, an employee was working from a 15-foot fiberglass extension ladder to install satellite TV cable at a residential home. The employee was drilling holes to install clips that hold the cable to the side of the building. While working from the ladder, the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, suffering injuries to both legs/feet that required hospitalization. |