Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-18 | Wooster | Oh | Monro | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working on a car that was getting new tires. An impact gun ran a lug nut onto the employee's thumb, amputating the tip. | |||||
2021-04-09 | Wooster | Oh | The Wooster Brush Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was pointing at the source of a squeaking sound on a hook-and-loop fastener dot application machine. Moving parts caught his left middle finger, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Wooster | Oh | Wooster Cemetery Association | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting down a tree. It started to fall, then struck him as he ran away. He suffered three broken ribs in the lower back, a bruised heart, and blood in the lungs. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Wooster | Oh | Standard Plumbing and Heating | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was picking up a portable band saw and a long piece of all-thread. As his left hand lifted the blade portion of the saw and the all-thread, the trigger was squeezed and his left index finger was pulled into the saw resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-08-08 | Wooster | Oh | Walmart | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stepping down from a three-step top stock cart and missed the last step, falling to the floor. She was hospitalized with a fractured left hip. | |||||
2020-07-25 | Wooster | Ohio | Riceland Cabinet Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was assembling cabinet frames. While using a table saw, the third and fourth fingers on his left hand were partially amputated. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Wooster | Ohio | Elite Elastomers of Ohio LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing debris from a conveyor when a pedal on the machine caught his right index finger resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Wooster | Ohio | Rumpke Waste & Recycling | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
While delivering a new container to a customer, an employee attempted to repair the existing container that was already at the residence. The employee was holding the container up with a knuckle crane on the employee's truck and a jack from the customer when the crane slipped, dropping the container on top of the employee. The employee experienced a broken clavicle and two broken ribs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-11 | Wooster | Ohio | Bob Sumerel Tire Company Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was attempting to remove the lid from a plastic container by applying heat with a torch to loosen the top. The liquid inside the container heated up and the container burst open under pressure, spraying the employee who suffered first and second degree burns to the front of his body. | |||||
2019-07-03 | Wooster | Ohio | Bogner Construction Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was stripping concrete forms while tied into a form. The employee's lanyard became unattached and the employee fell 14-16 feet, suffering fractures to the back and wrist. | |||||
2019-06-25 | Wooster | Ohio | Schaeffler Transmission, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was working in an aisle way filling an order when he was struck by a narrow aisle rack truck. He was hospitalized with rib and pelvis fractures. | |||||
2019-06-18 | Wooster | Ohio | Global Body & Equipment Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On June 18, 2019, an employee was attempting to retrieve a dropped pin from the inside of a pin-sitter machine when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The machine then caused a finger amputation, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-05-16 | Wooster | Ohio | Frito-Lay | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was attempting to enter a semi-trailer, lost balance and fell backwards off the step approximately 18 inches to the concrete ground. The employee suffered a right hip fracture that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Wooster | Ohio | Artiflex Manufacturing LLC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working from a ladder in a 20-foot-deep press pit, fixing a sensor on the press. He fell from the ladder to the ground (at least 12 feet below) and broke his foot. | |||||
2018-08-12 | Wooster | Ohio | ArtiFlex Manufacturing | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A temporary employee was setting up the die on an A-40 line. She was moving the parallel when it fell on her left hand. Her hand became swollen and required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Wooster | Ohio | LUK USA LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a cart when it became stuck. The employee slipped and fell onto a piece of angle iron while attempting to unjam the cart, cracking a rib. | |||||
2018-07-31 | Wooster | Ohio | The Davey Tree Expert Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was in a bucket trimming the branch of a cherry tree when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with C6 and C7 vertebrae fractures and a bruised spine. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Wooster | Ohio | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
On 5/14/2018, an employee was reversing a PIV when it struck another PIV that had its forks raised. The forks struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and lacerations. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Wooster | Ohio | Artiflex Mfg. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press to stamp a fender. He was attempting to remove the fender when the cam crushed his right index finger between the part and the cam, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-09-08 | Wooster | Ohio | Rayco Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was throwing scrap metal into a bin when the metal bounced back and pinched the employee's left pinky finger between the metal and the bin, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-27 | Wooster | Ohio | Wooster Products Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 6/27/2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was operating a drill press when his right glove was caught in and wound around the bit. His right ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-04-12 | Wooster | Ohio | Stahl/Scott Fetzer Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While walking from the west side of the building to the east side, an employee tripped over a stack of service bumpers that measured 18 inches and fell fracturing the right hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-04-10 | Wooster | Ohio | Related Ventures Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While attempting to remove an obstruction from a valve that was located inside of a rail car, the valve closed and amputated an employee's left ring finger. | |||||
2016-09-01 | Wooster | Ohio | Dutchman Hospitality Group | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off the back of a delivery truck and broke his hip. | |||||
2016-05-12 | Wooster | Ohio | The Wooster Brush Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On or about 5/12/2016, an employee received a partial fingertip amputation injury while operating a paint brush hand trimmer machine, known as a hand sharp edge. While manually holding a paint brush in the machine, her finger slipped and contacted the rotating blade of the machine. The contact resulted in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-02-05 | Wooster | Ohio | McDonald's Corporation LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
The employee was delivering food to a customer in the parking lot. The employee slipped on ice and fell breaking a hip. | |||||
2015-12-17 | Wooster | Ohio | Midwest Innovations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On December 17, 2015, an employee was operating the table saw and amputated the top segment of the left thumb. | |||||
2015-11-08 | Wooster | Ohio | Christian Childrens Home of Ohio | Hand(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was restraining a resident when the resident bit the employee's right hand. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Wooster | Ohio | GLOBAL BODY & EQUIPMENT CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the right middle finger while operating the brake press. | |||||
2015-09-15 | Wooster | Ohio | LUK USA LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The heat treat/batch furnace operator had latched the batch furnace carriage with a bar and was moving the carriage to the furnace. The carriage jumped on the track and the latch came loose pushing the bar towards the operator pinning the left hand pinky finger between the bar and the nearby handrail. | |||||
2015-09-10 | Wooster | Ohio | Artiflex Mfg. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to set dies when his left hand got struck by the die as it was being lowered into the parallel. His left-hand middle finger was injured and had to be amputated to the second knuckle. | |||||
2015-05-26 | Wooster | Ohio | COLLEGE OF WOOSTER | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was deep cleaning a classroom when he slipped on the wet floor and fractured the right hip. | |||||
2015-05-22 | Wooster | Ohio | Artiflex Manufacturing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a mobile conveyor system when his thumb got caught and injured. | |||||
2015-05-06 | Wooster | Ohio | Westview Manor | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on urine when emptying the urinal in the toilet. The urine splashed out onto the floor. | |||||
2015-01-29 | Wooster | Ohio | Nationwide Insurance | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On January 29, 2015, an employee slipped and fell on an icy driveway. | |||||
2015-01-26 | Wooster | Ohio | Kelley Steel Erectors Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
On January 26, 2015, an employee fell approximately 17 feet from a steel grating platform to the ground. |