Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-28 | Wickliffe | Oh | Lubrizol Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a press brake to form 2-by-2 metal sheets into a box. As he was retrieving a metal piece, his right hand was caught in the point of operation as the press brake activated. It closed on his finger tips, causing partial fingertip amputations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Wickliffe | Oh | BAR PROCESSING CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee's left leg was caught under the rear tires of a moving forklift resulting in a compound fracture and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Wickliffe | Ohio | IWI Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was prepping an overhead crane for painting. The crane slipped off the 2-foot tall stands it was sitting on and landed on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture below the clavicle. | |||||
2020-05-11 | Wickliffe | Ohio | Ohio Moulding Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in the process of turning a coil on the mill when he attempted to push the coil behind a safety gate. The coil then uncoiled, catching his left thumb between the safety gate and the coil. As a result, his left thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Wickliffe | Ohio | PIRC COMPANY LANDSCAPING | Brain | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
A tailgate fell, striking an employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-07 | Wickliffe | Kentucky | James Marine, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee was taking a wheel out of the Kort nozzle on a boat. The employee was pulling out the wheel using a crane and a come-a-long when waves hit the bottom of the boat and caused the load to shift and land on him, breaking his left foot/ankle and pinching his left ring finger. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Wickliffe | Kentucky | James Marine, Inc. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was walking down a dry dock, performing inspections of the work being completed, when a strong wind blew a ladder off a customer's boat. The ladder struck the employee, who suffered a broken nose, as well as a contusion/laceration to the nose. | |||||
2016-04-28 | Wickliffe | Ohio | PCC Airfoils, LLC-SMP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
On or about 4/28/16, an employee's left middle finger was amputated while he was transporting a die from a press to storage. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Wickliffe | Ohio | Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
While sending air through a pipe for cleaning purposes, an employee used a hammer to hit the pressurized pipe to unclog it. As the employee struck the pipe, a strainer (which lined the inside of the cap) flew off, striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a fracture to the eye socket and skull, which required surgery. | |||||
2015-04-15 | Wickliffe | Ohio | Lubrizol Corporation | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while walking to the office from her car and sustained arm injuries that resulted in hospitalization. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Wickliffe | Kentucky | James Marine Inc. | Leg(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was installing a doubler plate on a ballast tank on a boat that was in dry dock. He was stooped down with his back against pipes, welding a vertical patch on the tank about 4 to 5 inches from his right leg, when his pants caught fire. The employee was welding in very tight quarters. |