| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Oberlin | Oh | Green Circle Growers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-11 | Oberlin | Oh | AgriNomix, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On August 11, 2021, an employee was inspecting the tracking of a conveyor belt. The belt and pulley caught the employee's right index finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2018-09-06 | Oberlin | Ohio | GREEN CIRCLE GROWERS, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A tow tractor struck an employee, pinning her against another tow tractor. She suffered an injury to her lower left leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-08 | Oberlin | Ohio | GREEN CIRCLE GROWERS, INC. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On August 8, 2017, an employee was operating a tugger vehicle when the employee's left foot was caught and fractured between a post and the cart. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | Oberlin | Ohio | R & J Trucking, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| On July 21, 2017, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee and a coworker were pulling a dump bed out of a tractor trailer dump truck when the employee's right middle finger was caught and lacerated between the dump bed and the truck's tailgate. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-11 | Oberlin | Ohio | Hydrotube | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On April 11, 2017, an employee suffered fractures to his pelvis, knee and tailbone after a loaded metal racking unit overturned onto the employee as the employee was removing it from the burn off oven. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Oberlin | Ohio | OBERLIN COLLEGE | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| On September 7, 2016, at approximately 12:05 p.m., an employee was lifting a manhole lid when it slipped and pinched his finger between the cover and manhole opening, amputating his right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-07-19 | Oberlin | Ohio | Jamison Well Drilling & Pump Service | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On July 19, 2016, an employee suffered a partial little finger amputation while guiding the well casing into a bore hole. | |||||
| 2015-11-06 | Oberlin | Ohio | Oberlin College | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hospitalized after being struck in the head by an unsecured wall partition. The employee sustained a contusion. | |||||