DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-11-02ParmaOhAMAC Enterprises IncFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an air chain hoist to remove the basket from a plating line dryer. The employee's left fourth finger got caught in the air chain hoist's chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.
2021-10-18ParmaOhMack Plumbing & Hydronics IncUpper and lower limb(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was about to climb a ladder down from a roof. His shoes, wet with dew from the roof, slipped on the first rung of the ladder. He fell to the ground below and suffered a fractured/dislocated elbow and a fractured knee.
2019-09-02ParmaIdahoWatson Agriculture Inc.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersPedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was working to pull out drip lines by hand from the ground. While re-winding the line into the tape roller (an auxiliary tractor attachment), the injured employee asked the tractor driver to stop. Then due to a lack of slack, he asked the driver to pull forward. When the tractor pulled forward, the employee was pulled into the roller and sustained broken ribs.
2019-09-02ParmaIdahoObendorf Hop Inc.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was baling hops. The employee shook the bin and a drive chain amputated the employee's left little fingertip.
2019-07-25ParmaIdahoRIVERSIDE, INC.Multiple body partsCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the end of a rotating shaft. The shaft caught the cleaning cloth and the employee was flipped over it, suffering a broken arm and ribs.
2019-04-06ParmaOhioAMAC ENTERPRISES, INC.Eye(s)Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee went to fill the day tank and was sprayed in the face with sodium hydroxide, requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-02ParmaIdahoGooding Farms, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was sorting hops when the employee's finger was caught in a chain and sprocket, resulting in the amputation of a finger. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time.
2018-07-16ParmaIdahoBrock and Phil Obendorf FarmsMultiple body partsNonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee hit a deer while driving an all-terrain vehicle. He suffered injuries to his face and wrists and was hospitalized. A helmet was not being worn at the time of the incident.
2018-01-18ParmaIdahoParma Post & Pole, Inc. Foot (feet)Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was shoveling saw dust into an auger that leads to a dust collection system when the employee stepped on a grate covering the auger and the grate broke. The employee's right foot was then caught in the auger, crushing and lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-01-11ParmaOhioCLEVELAND FREIGHTLINER, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was replacing a cam shaft on an engine when his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the cam and the cam shaft.
2017-05-10ParmaIdahoJim Macfarlane Construction, LLCHip(s) and leg(s) Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was elevated in a scissor lift, attempting to remove straps from a section of wall that was being lifted by a forklift. The forklift backed up while the straps were still connected and pulled the wall onto the employee in the scissor lift. The employee suffered a broken hip and ankle.
2016-04-19ParmaIdahoJACKSON HOP, LLCHead and trunkOther fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was helping to set up a trellis from a man basket being lifted by forklift. The basket sat directly on top of the forks, approximately 14-to 16-feet-high. When the employee moved to the end of the basket, the basket tipped and he fell out. The basket then landed on top of him. He broke teeth, fractured multiple ribs, broke his back, and suffered internal stomach bleeding. The basket was not secured at the time of the incident.
2016-02-25ParmaOhioGeocare Inc.Knee(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to prevent a patient from falling. Both the patient and the employee fell to the ground. The employee's left knee cap was fractured as a result.
2015-08-11ParmaIdahoGIANT PRODUCE, IncHand(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adjusting a belt on an energized conveyor with a wrench. The employee's hand slipped making contact and becoming entangled with the conveyor fracturing bones in his hand that required surgery.
2015-05-05ParmaOhioPRISM RESPONSEHip(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was using a carpet grabber to pull up the carpet. The machine slipped/kicked out, which caused employee to fall and fracture his right hip.