| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-11 | Millersburg | Ohio | Guggisberg Cheese, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was putting a valve assembly back together when their right pinky finger was pinched and amputated in the valve assembly. | |||||
| 2019-09-12 | Miller | Missouri | Stainless Steel Limited | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a shear machine. While he was picking up a piece of metal, it slipped through his fingers and amputated the third and fourth fingers on his left hand. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Millersburg | Ohio | Mt. Eaton Pallet, LTD | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was helping a coworker cut pine boards with a cutoff saw. The sawblade caught his gloved left hand, amputating his left index and middle fingers just behind the knuckles. | |||||
| 2017-07-07 | Miller | Missouri | KAY CONCRETE MATERIALS | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was moving from a ladder on the back of a mixer truck to a platform on the rear bumper to discharge ready mix concrete. His boots were muddy and he slipped off the platform. He fell about 3 feet to the ground, fracturing six ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-05-16 | Millersburg | Ohio | Amish Wedding Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a jammed pickle from a tumbler filler when it rotated and amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Millersburg | Ohio | Carter Custom Mill Work | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was loading a truck and lifting materials when he felt severe pain in his back and then the employee passed out. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-10 | Millersburg | Ohio | Coblentz Distributing Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a cutting machine and amputated two fingertips while unplugging a clog. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-09-20 | Millersport | Ohio | Fairfield Homes Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was attempting to cut a piece of trim (wood) with a battery-powered circular saw when his index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-07-05 | Millersville | Pennsylvania | Eagle Disposal of PA Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was collecting trash in a residential neighborhood when he was struck by a car and thrown into the rear hopper of the garbage truck. He suffered lower leg fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-05-05 | Millerton | Pennsylvania | Treesmiths, Incorporated | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trimming a tree with a chainsaw. The chainsaw kicked back and cut the employee's left calf. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Millersburg | Ohio | Fryburg Door | Thigh(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On January 27, 2016, an employee was injured when a small shiv of wood kicked back through a straight-line saw and punctured his upper thigh. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-30 | Millersburg | Ohio | Wastequip LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about December 30, 2015, an employee's finger was caught between the die and the die bed as the employee was rotating the die in a brake press. The right middle finger was pinched, removing the flesh part of the finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-05 | Millersburg | Ohio | Bunker Hill Cheese Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was preparing to clean the cheese cutter. As he was moving the machine, his right index finger got caught between the push plate and the post amputating the tip of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-11 | Millersport | Ohio | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was pulling on a wild grape vine that was up in a tree. The grape vine broke and he fell to the ground, breaking his tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2015-06-05 | Millersburg | Ohio | Walnut Creek Planning, Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was shutting down a piece of equipment when his fingertip got caught in a pulley. The employee received a partial amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-01-12 | Millersburg | Ohio | Mullet Cabinet | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On January 12, 2015, at 0745, a maintenance employee pulled a carriage saw out too far and the 350-pound saw fell to the floor, crushing his left fifth finger. He was treated and released at Pomerene Hospital with an orthopedic surgical consult. Surgery was performed on January 14, 2015, however, the last joint of the left fifth finger could not be salvaged and was amputated. | |||||