Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-22 | Painesville | Oh | Olon Ricerca Bioscience, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While checking the source of an electrical failure, an employee suffered a high-voltage shock, with severe burns to the arms, legs, and torso. | |||||
2021-07-13 | Painesville | Oh | Weaver Premium Meat Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were moving 60 lbs. boxes of beef in the freezer. One box fell on the injured employee's hand and amputated his thumb. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Painesville | Ohio | Anthony Allega Cement Contractor Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a concrete saw to cut up a demolished deck when the saw cut his chest. | |||||
2019-01-16 | Painesville | Ohio | Accurate Metal Machining | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
An employee fell in the parking lot. | |||||
2018-07-06 | Painesville | Ohio | AVERY DENNISON | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 7/6/2018, an employee was operating a vertical mixer and was using a rag to press against the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft then caught the rag and pulled the employee's right hand into the mixer, resulting in a pinky finger amputation as well as a fracture and abrasions to the right wrist. The mixer was guarded at the time. | |||||
2018-01-19 | Painesville | Ohio | Accurate Metal Machining, Inc. | Arm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee had put caustic soda in a container. The lid did not thread properly, and when the employee moved the container, it spilled on his face and arm. He suffered first and second degree burns on his arm and potential eye damage. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Painesville | Ohio | RW Sidley Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was delivering masonry materials using a boom truck. While the employee was on the back of the truck, a piece of equipment shook loose and struck the employee. The employee was knocked to the ground approximately 5 feet below, fracturing ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-10-21 | Painesville | Ohio | The Dyson Corporation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A forklift operator was in the process of moving a load when the load fell off of the forks and struck a nearby worker on the foot resulting in broken and lacerated toes. The injured worker was hospitalized and requires surgery. | |||||
2015-09-26 | Painesville | Ohio | R W Sidley Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was inside the block plant maintenance shop waiting for a coworker to finish cutting pieces of angle iron with an electric-powered reciprocating saw. While the saw was operating, the employee's finger contacted the belt running between the saw's electric motor and the flywheel. The employee's left index fingertip was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Painesville | Ohio | The Dyson Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a t6 roll-threading machine. He placed a bar into the machine; the machine cycled and caught his hand between the bar and the machine. His right middle finger was partially amputated. |