Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-13 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Clampco Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a bending machine, making bends into thin gauge stainless steel bands. As the employee loaded the end of a steel band into the machine's tooling, her finger slipped up the side of the band and was caught in the point of operation. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-05-09 | Wadsworth | Ohio | QUALIFORM, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pushing product into a molding press when the employee's left index finger was smashed between the mold and the safety bar, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Wadsworth | Ohio | CLAMPCO PRODUCTS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing a routine gap-check by operating a resistance welder by foot-pedal. The employee noticed an obstruction before initiating the weld process. While clearing the obstruction, the weld process was initiated and amputated the tip of her left thumb. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Neubert Staining, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was painting the peak in the front of a house from an extension ladder. The ladder slid out and hit the ground. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered broken vertebrae and paralysis. | |||||
2017-05-08 | Wadsworth | Ohio | CELL-O-CORE CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam from a guarded straw processor machine when a sharp turn piece on the machine caught and partially amputated his left index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Quality Reprodcutions Inc | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was leaning over a bucket elevated 10-12 feet by a forklift and fell resulting in two broken wrists and rib contusions. | |||||
2017-01-03 | Wadsworth | Ohio | The Inn at Coalridge | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On January 3, 2017, an employee fell from an A-frame ladder while attempting to change the ballast in an overhead light fixture, suffering heel fractures to both feet. | |||||
2016-08-16 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Rohrer Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was re-entering the building when he fell on a wet, slippery surface. He fractured his hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-25 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Kohl's Department Store | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was back-stocking in the stock room while standing on a four-step ladder. When she was on her way down the step ladder, she missed the last step and fell to the ground. She was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2016-04-25 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Radici Plastic USA Inc. | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
The employee was operating the plastic compounding extruder and completing a screen change. When the plastic built up pressure, it came out of the screen change burning the employee's left forearm. | |||||
2015-07-30 | Wadsworth | Ohio | Firstenergy Service Company | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee made contact with an energized conductor on a transformer while performing a test. The employee received electrical contact burns to the right hand. |