| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Wellston | Oh | General Mills | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On October 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning the pizza topping machine using a scrubbing pad when their right hand was pulled into a running conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a broken right hand. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2021-02-15 | Wellston | Oh | SUPERIOR HARDWOODS OF OHIO, INC. | Multiple face locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was sweeping and shoveling chips, wood debris, and sawdust around a chipper. A wood slab on the chipper's conveyor hit the employee in the head. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered head trauma, orbital and nasal fractures, and a forehead laceration. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Wellston | Ohio | General Mills | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On January 9, 2018, an employee was working the pizza line at a facility that had a large heating unit running. The ignition for the burner unit control failed and shut off the ignition unit, but the natural gas remained on. Employees evacuated the work site and maintenance repaired the burner unit control switch. The employees then returned to work. The next day, the injured employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning. | |||||
| 2017-10-01 | Wellston | Ohio | General Mills | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was using a water hose to clean the inside of a walk-in freezer. The water turned to ice and the employee slipped on it, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2017-06-05 | Wellston | Ohio | Brown Forman | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was attempting to move a half log with a pickaroon when the pickaroon slipped. The employee's pinky fingertip was then crushed and amputated between the wooden pickaroon handle and a log guide. | |||||
| 2016-01-29 | Wellston | Ohio | General Mills | Buttock(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| Employee was walking down the stairway after cleaning her work area when she lost her footing and fell down the stairs, severely injuring her backside. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-17 | Wellston | Ohio | Brown-Forman | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about December 17, 2015, an employee amputated the left middle finger at the first joint when the finger was caught between the 14" X 36" log and the conveyor belt. | |||||