| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-07 | Orrville | Oh | Animal Supply Company | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| A temporary employee was standing on a rider jack as it left one aisle and entered another. The employee could not slow down the rider jack fast enough and jumped off. The employee's left leg was crushed between the jack and an upright. | |||||
| 2020-07-13 | Orrville | Ohio | QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was setting up work stations and maneuvering a pallet jack down an aisle-way. Upon setting the load down, he pressed his left thumb against the racks. The handle of the pallet jack then came down and smashed his left thumb. He sustained a crushed left thumb, resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation of the left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Orrville | Ohio | Southwood Lumber and Pallet Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was fixing uneven wood on a nailing machine conveyor when the conveyor started moving. His right middle finger was caught between two pallets. When he pulled his hand out, his right middle fingertip was lacerated, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-20 | Orrville | Ohio | Southwood Lumber and Pallet Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was changing a saw blade when his right hand was caught on the chain/sprocket that holds the wood in place causing a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Orrville | Ohio | QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was picking up a 56-pound casting piece out of an elevated tub that was full of casting pieces when another casting piece became dislodged and fell against the employee's left hand, causing a partial fifth fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | Orrville | Ohio | Eastwood Manufacturing Ltd. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a 16-inch pop-up saw to cut pieces of lumber. The employee's left hand was between the saw guard and blade when the cycle button was pressed. The saw then amputated three fingers on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | Orrville | Ohio | Southwood Lumber and Pallet Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear a wood jam in a five-headed saw when his right hand entered the machine and contacted the blade, injuring his right thumb and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Orrville | Ohio | WILL-BURT | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While exiting the lunch room, an employee tripped on a runner rug and fell down three steps (approximately 24 inches) to the concrete floor. The employee sustained internal head bleeding. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Orrville | Ohio | The Jam Smucker Company | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was clearing the large coffee bean hopper at a height of approximately 35 feet. He lost his balance and fell through the opening for the permanent ladder access. He fell 12 feet to a lower level and broke his right leg, requiring hospitalization. A full guardrail system was in place at the time. | |||||
| 2016-08-24 | Orrville | Ohio | J.M. Smucker LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was replacing the push/pull solenoid on the sugar receiver and amputated the right index finger while attempting to remove debris from the solenoid. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Orrville | Ohio | Refractory Coating Technologies, Inc. | Scalp | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the vertical mixing shaft on Mixer #3 and got his hair caught in the mixer shaft. The employee was scalped. | |||||
| 2016-02-04 | Orrville | Ohio | Bekaert Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just completed ripping a piece of wood stock when he changed the process and began to shave it. While in the process of shaving the wood block it kicked forward causing the employee's hand to move forward into the rotating blade. The employee sustained an amputation injury to the tip of his right thumb. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Orrville | Ohio | Quality Castings Company | Lower extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee received second degree burns to the lower body when he slipped and fell while carrying molten metal in a ladle. | |||||
| 2015-08-07 | Orrville | Ohio | Willburt Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee working on a pedal operated resistance welder with no point-of-operation guarding received an amputation to the right hand index finger. The employee had a finger crushed between the electrodes. | |||||
| 2015-05-04 | Orrville | Ohio | Bekaert Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading up a draw block on machine D21 (drawer) in jog mode. During the task, the employee was putting a chain on the draw block to pull wire through it. The employee had their hand under the chain to check the tension. The chain became tight and flipped up on the draw block, pinching and injuring the employee's finger. | |||||
| 2015-03-19 | Orrville | Ohio | Oshkosh Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving racking material with a crane when he pinched his left third fingertip pad between the hook and rack. He sustained a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-02-06 | Orrville | Ohio | AULTMAN HOSPITAL | Face | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while walking in the employee entrance and hit face on the wall. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||