Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-17	North Olmsted	Oh	Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a customer in a store's front register area. A car struck the storefront, detaching a shelving unit and a counter. The employee suffered a foot injury and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-10-20	Olmsted	Il	AFCO Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On 10/20/2020 at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee was clearing scrap from a saw when their left ring finger contacted the blade. The finger was amputated below the first knuckle.
2020-05-26	North Olmsted	Ohio	Schirmer Construction LLC.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping out of an excavator onto its right side track. He fell from the track to the ground, suffering a broken hip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2020-05-12	North Olmsted	Ohio	Sunset Meorial Park Cemetary	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was attempting to mount the step to the cab of a moving backhoe when he lost his balance. He then fell between the tractor and the wheel, and the wheel ran over both of his legs. Both legs were severely injured and possibly broken. He was hospitalized.
2020-02-27	North Olmsted	Ohio	Carolina Container LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot and sustained a broken ankle requiring surgery and hospitalization.
2019-02-06	North Olmsted	Ohio	Wagner Development Co., Inc.	Thigh(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was core drilling concrete when the drill bit became stuck, causing the drill to spin out from underneath the employee's feet. The employee then suffered a fractured femur.
2018-07-26	North Olmsted	Ohio	Fabrizi Trucking and Paving Co. Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was cleaning the tracks of a bulldozer when he fell to the pavement and suffered an intestinal injury. He was hospitalized.
2018-06-21	North Olmsted	Ohio	Ohio Bath Solutions, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was helping a truck back up to a loading dock when his finger became caught between the truck and the dock plate and/or loading dock door, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
2018-04-04	Olmsted Falls	Ohio	Grace Management Services	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
On April 4, 2018, an employee was leaving the kitchen when the employee's left hand was caught on the hinge side of the service door, crushing the pinky finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2017-08-29	Olmsted	Illinois	Washington Group/Alberici Joint Venture	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
On 8/29/2017, at approximately 3:15 PM CST, an employee and a coworker were tightening a nut on a push rod. The coworker was using a pry bar to pry on a piece of tube steel to take the pressure off the nut and make it easier for the employee to turn. The bar slipped and pinched the employee's right index finger, avulsing it and partially amputating the fingertip without bone loss.
2017-06-03	Olmsted	Illinois	Mersino Dewatering, Inc.	Leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was rotating a 14-inch steel casting pipe on a pipe rack roller when the employee was pinned between the rack and the pipe. The employee suffered a broken left leg and possible left middle finger amputation.
2017-02-13	North Olmsted	Ohio	Champlain Enterprises, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on aircraft during transport
On 2/13/2017, an employee was working on an airplane in flight from Arkansas to Virginia when the airplane experienced flight turbulence, causing the employee to slip/trip/fall and fracture her right ankle. She was hospitalized.