| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-19 | Wapakoneta | Oh | General Aluminum Mfg. Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| At about 12:00 a.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee had just cut through an aluminum part on a bandsaw when the blade lacerated the employee's right little fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | General Aluminum Mfg. Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lifting a die plate with a hoist. The employee's finger was caught between the hoist hook and the die plate eyebolt, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-18 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | Midwest Elastomers, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| On September 18, 2019, at approximately 20:30 hours, an employee was replacing three fluorescent light units with LED light units in the HR office. The lights were turned off using two toggle switches, but were still energized. While installing the second LED light unit, the employee sustained an electric shock, second degree burns to his right hand, and a labral tear and crushing injury to the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | Midwest Elastomers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On May 1, 2019, an employee was cleaning out the cyclone of the cryo line downstream of the mill take-away. The employee contacted the rotary air lock and amputated his right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2019-03-28 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | MIDWEST ELASTOMERS, INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was blowing down a conveyor when he slipped and his hand was caught between two rollers, causing a hand injury. | |||||
| 2019-02-14 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | Precise Boring of Ohio, LLC | Neck and back | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On February 14, 2019, the injured employee was preparing to move an underground boring machine. As the employee was standing next to the machine, another employee was backing up a "Vac Truck" and struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized for severe back and neck injuries. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | MIDWEST ELASTOMERS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was leveling off debris from a trash box directly underneath the airlock system when the employee's hand was caught in the airlock, amputating the left index finger distal tip. | |||||
| 2017-03-29 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | MIDWEST ELASTOMERS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 29, 2017, an employee was clearing out jammed material in a machine when his hand was caught in the air lock. The rotating fan blades partially amputated his second, third, and fourth fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2016-10-11 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | AMERICAN TRIM LLC | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| On October 11, at 11:00 a.m., an employee tripped while walking across the floor and suffered broken facial bones, a severe laceration to the hand, and a severe knee contusion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | General Aluminum Mfg. Company | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On September 22, 2016, an employee was standing on the stairs next to a forklift that was prying solidified metal off a metal casting. The forklift freed the metal and it struck the employee in the chest and face, causing the employee to fall 4 or 5 feet backwards over a guardrail. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-21 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | MILLER'S TEXTILE SERVICES INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 21, 2016, a maintenance employee was troubleshooting the heat seal machine when it activated while the employee's hand was in a pinch point. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-04-28 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | General Aluminum Mfg. Company | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On or about April 28, 2015, an employee sustained a serious injury to the left hand while changing the RLCH chop saw blade located in the finishing department. The saw was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||