| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-04 | Twinsburg | Oh | Atlas Steel Products | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a stationary package cart and fell to the ground, resulting in a possible hip fracture. | |||||
| 2021-02-27 | Twinsburg | Oh | Contractors Steel Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was utilizing a crane to stack steel when the chain hit a piece of wood on the stack next to it. The steel being transported fell off the crane striking the employee and causing crushing injuries to their lower right leg. | |||||
| 2021-01-16 | Twinsburg | Oh | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was installing an arm on a crossbar. The employee crouched down to get the pin that would lock the arm in position. The arm fell and severed the employee's left thumb. | |||||
| 2020-04-10 | Twinsburg | Ohio | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a stand-up forklift, carrying a load of batteries. His left ankle was caught between the vehicle and a fixed racking system. He suffered fractures to the ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-23 | Twinsburg | Ohio | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| While operating a motorized walk-behind pallet jack, an employee's hand was caught between the handle of the machine and a shelf. This resulted in a fracture to the right-hand pinky finger and dislocated right thumb, requiring subsequent surgery. | |||||
| 2019-03-19 | Twinsburg | Ohio | PRECISION GEAR LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting a stack of pallets so they would interlock and could be moved safely by his forklift. The pallets clicked into place, and his left middle finger was caught between them. The tip was partly amputated. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Metaldyne Powertrain Components, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was guiding a die-mounting plate that was suspended from an overhead crane when the crane's eye bolt broke, causing the load to shift and crush the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Twinsburg | Ohio | LINDE GAS NORTH AMERICA LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing a valve from an acetylene tank with the valve machine when his right hand slipped and the equipment activated amputating the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-03-31 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Heinen's INc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just completed slicing deli meat for a customer when he moved his hand and came into contact with the slicing blade, resulting in a partial amputation of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-19 | Twinsburg | Ohio | EARLE M. JORGENSEN COMPANY | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was strapping and securing a load on the back of a trailer when he fell off, breaking five ribs. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Twinsburg | Ohio | CONTRACTORS STEEL CO. | Head | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while jumping out of the way of a load of steel that was falling from a crane after a stacker crane backed into it. The employee suffered a head injury that required stitches and contusions to his arms, body and legs. | |||||
| 2017-03-31 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Desco Machine Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was polishing a shaft with an emery cloth while the shaft was spinning in a lathe when the emery cloth caught on a bur and pulled his right thumb into the machine, partially amputating it. | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Kimble Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was accessing the top of a baler when the ladder he was on kicked out. He then grabbed the structure next to him and injured his shoulder, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-03 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was taking inventory inside a 48-foot tractor trailer. She had one foot inside the trailer and one foot on the power dock plate when a truck jockey hooked up to the trailer in error and pulled away. This action caused the employee to fall 4 feet off the back of the trailer. She landed on her feet and sustained bi-lateral heel fractures. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Precast Services Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was removing plastic inserts from the back side of a precast panel. He was standing on a trailer, which had the precast wall on the bed. When he stepped out, he lost his footing and fell 4 feet to the ground on his right side, head and shoulder first. He fractured some right-side ribs and his collarbone, and his right lung collapsed. | |||||
| 2016-07-17 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Kimble Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a malfunction on the walking floor near the baler and amputated the left thumb when the door closed on his hand. | |||||
| 2016-05-17 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Contractor Steel, Co. | Head and trunk | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping to load 40-foot steel angles onto a truck. The crane moved, and the chain dropped due to the load. The load then struck the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and three fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-11-02 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| A delivery driver was in the process of delivering beverages when he fell off of the lift gate. He was found on the ground unconscious and bleeding from the head. | |||||
| 2015-10-31 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Weatherchem Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a machine and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Twinsburg | Ohio | ND Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading parts into a machine when one twisted out of place. The employee tried to adjust the part with their right index finger, which got caught in the machine and was amputated just above the fingernail. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Twinsburg | Ohio | PEPSI AMERICAS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employee was operating a semi-trailer lift gate to lift a load onto the truck. While the gate was lifting he tried to open the latch and his fingertip got caught between the lift gate and the latch. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | Twinsburg | Ohio | FOREST CITY ERECTORS | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working with an impact hammer when the bit got stuck. The employee twisted the hammer to loosen it and got his right hand ring finger caught between the hammer and the scaffold rail. The employee freed his hand, but his glove got caught tearing skin from his fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Maval Industries LLC Division of Remy International | Upper and lower limb(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee accidentally hooked up a 55 gallon drum of solvent instead of a 55 gallon drum of waste water to the evaporative machine to perform cleaning operations. The machine caught on fire on the inside and then created a flash fire on the outside which caused 2nd and 3rd degree burns to both hands and legs of the employee. | |||||