| 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. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | 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. | |||||
| 2017-05-16 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-06-05 | 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. | |||||