| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Niles | Oh | Howmet Aerospace | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working with sheet metal. A sliver of the metal penetrated the employee's gloves and punctured their hand. The employee required surgery to remove the metal. | |||||
| 2020-08-25 | Niles | Il | Woodward, MPC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a piece of foam on a table saw. The material kicked back and the saw cut three fingers on the employee's left hand. The little finger needed partial surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-10 | Niles | Oh | Vanex Tube Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to dislodge scrap from the exit end of a scrap chute. The scrap chopper in the chute amputated the tip of his left ring finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-06-17 | Niles | Ohio | Niles Iron and Metals Co., LLC | Ankle(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was in the process of cutting a coil of steel when the coil sprung open, catching his left leg and pinning it to the ground. He sustained a severe injury to his left ankle and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Niles | Ohio | Arconic Titanium-Engineered | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving a 550-pound titanium slab to another location on the plant floor using a vacuum attached to a crane. She then went to mark the slab when the vacuum failed and the slab fell, pinning her right hand between the slab and the floor. This resulted in a fracture to the right middle finger and amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Niles | Ohio | BRT Extrusions Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working at a tail stretcher operation when he crossed over some equipment and was struck in the leg by a machine's transfer arm. He was hospitalized the next day for a broken leg, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-05-26 | Niles | Ohio | Arconic Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was opening vertical coil tongs that were on the floor. As the employee began to open the device, it fell over and struck him on the right side. The employee suffered a right leg fracture and three broken ribs. | |||||
| 2019-03-08 | Niles | Ohio | International Technical Polymer Systems | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping a forklift unload a metal bin filled with mill scale. When the load was lowered, it slid off the forks and landed on the employee's left index finger, causing the amputation of the tip. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Niles | Ohio | Niles Building Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was hand threading new material into a rolling mill when his glove got caught on the threaded material and pulled into the rollers causing a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Niles | Ohio | Arconic Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clean built-up product from the sensor/photo eye of the conveyor on a weigh blend system, which was failing to start after being calibrated. The tray of the conveyor actuated, and the tray's reciprocating motion caught the employee's arm, fracturing the left humerus. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-05-31 | Niles | Ohio | Dinesol Plastics Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a press machine. When maintenance was complete, the employee restarted the equipment. During the first cycle, the equipment had bolts inside the break. As he was troubleshooting the problem with the bolts, his coworker pushed the cycle button, which caused a rod to push through the equipment. The employee's right hand was resting between the rod and stationary machine. When the rod came through, it amputated his right index finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-03-24 | Niles | Illinois | Specialty Promotions, Inc. dba Specialty Print Communications, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on the press room floor when his arm was pulled into a running roll, removing skin and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Niles | Ohio | Niles Building Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting parts into boxes near the rolling mill when the mill needed to be loaded with a new coil. During the loading process, the employee's glove was caught and pulled into the mill, and the employee's left pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-20 | Niles | Ohio | Trumbull Metal Specialties | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with the reclaimer. The valve released pressure crushing the employee's hand and amputating three fingers. | |||||
| 2015-11-13 | Niles | Illinois | ZERA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee's left hand received an electrical shock when it grabbed an electrical conduit wiring as he climbed down a ladder. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Niles | Ohio | Trumbull Metal Specialties | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a mold onto a forklift when the forklift moved forward and caught his finger between the mold and forks sustaining a 1st digit amputation to the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-20 | Niles | Illinois | Labor Temps II, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee sustained an amputation injury to the tip of the left middle finger while unjamming Machine #22 Mail Inserter. | |||||
| 2015-09-12 | Niles | Ohio | Alcoa ATEP, Niles | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| A material handler on the motorized sheet lifter picked up a pack of material with the lifter and was moving the pack around when the pack struck a fixed object. The stack then shifted and caught the worker's fingers between the object and the stack injuring three fingers. The pinky finger was partially amputated from the tip to between the first and second joint. | |||||