Severe Workplace Injuries in Bedford Heights, Ohio
Employers in Bedford Heights reported 15 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2024: 10 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (33% of reports). Wholesale trade accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 10 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Bedford Heights since 2015
OSHA opened 39 inspections at Bedford Heights workplaces, and 31 of them (79%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 83 serious, 1 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $312,393.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Henriquez (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $16,550 |
| Aurora Group Enterprises, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,148 |
| Cleveland Water And Fire Restoration, Inc. (complaint, details) | 8 (8 serious+) | $5,925 |
| Dlaurin Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,925 |
| Mb Dynamics Inc. (complaint, details) | 20 (12 serious+) | $18,536 |
| Jss Steel Co., Inc. (referral, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $14,000 |
| A.M. Castle & Co. (complaint, details) | 1 | $6,500 |
| Audimute (complaint, details) | 12 (10 serious+) | $16,128 |
| Northfield North Incorporated (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $12,584 |
| Shakeproof Automotive, Division Of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $12,000 |
| Candor Transportation Co. Llc (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,751 |
| Aden Miller Dba Am Roofing & Construction Llc, Am Roofing & Remodeling Llc (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $44,690 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA and state-plan inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 15 newest severe injury reports from Bedford Heights employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 25, 2024 · JSS Steel Inc. Amputation
An employee was operating a saw to cut steel when the blade contacted two of their fingers, resulting in the amputation of the fingers.
Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1791496
Aug 1, 2024 · Lowe's Home Improvement Hospitalized
An employee was operating a drivable power stock lift machine to retrieve merchandise from the top shelf. The employee fell from the power stock lift and sustained fractures to their head and ribs.
Other fall to lower level · Head and trunk · Retail · OSHA inspection 1766761
Dec 6, 2023 · ITW Bedford Wire Amputation
An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Hand(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1716033
Oct 25, 2020 · Giant Eagle Hospitalized
An employee was backing a stand-up fork truck out of trailer into the warehouse and struck the bumper of the loading dock at the outside edge of the dock plate. He fell off the fork truck onto the concrete floor in the dock area. The employee was hospitalized for a leg injury that required surgery.
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Leg(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1500518
Feb 18, 2020 · Integrated Automation Systems Hospitalized
A welder was restocking a steel plate when it slipped from his hands and landed on his foot, breaking it. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing
Jan 23, 2020 · The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Co. Amputation
An employee was cleaning a saw when his hand was caught in the moving blade, resulting in a hand amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1459147
Apr 4, 2019 · Majestic Steel USA Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was doing setup on a slitter arbor. The table moved; the employee was caught by the chest between the table and the splitter arbor. The employee was then released and fell, striking his head and suffering head injuries.
Fall, slip, trip · Brain · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1391795
Apr 18, 2018 · Majestic Steel USA Inc Amputation
An employee manually moved material on a conveyor without the knowledge of the injured employee. The injured employee's hand was then pinched between two bundles of material on the conveyor, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade
May 31, 2017 · Majestic Steel USA Inc Hospitalized
An employee was operating a floor scrubber when it ran over his right leg, fracturing his fibula.
Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade
Feb 10, 2017 · Olympic Steel Hospitalized
An employee was preparing to lift two bundles of cut steel from a conveyor when the weight shifted, causing the bundles to fall onto the employee's left leg, fracturing it.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade
Jul 30, 2016 · Automated Packaging Systems Hospitalized
An employee was setting up the machine in the converting department when his hand got caught in the nip roller crushing his hand. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the injured hand.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Hand(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1170345
Apr 27, 2016 · Giant Eagle Hospitalized
On or about 4/27/16, an employee was being trained to operate a powered pallet jack. The employee lost control of the pallet jack and exited the platform. His leg was pinned under the platform of the pallet jack between a racking system, and he was hospitalized with a broken foot.
Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Foot (feet) · Retail
Mar 18, 2016 · Majestic Steel USA Inc Amputation
An employee was operating an up-cut saw. As he was putting a piece of wood in the saw, his left foot stepped on the foot pedal and cycled the machine. The saw blade amputated his right ring fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1134651
Aug 9, 2015 · Giant Eagle Hospitalized
An employee was walking across the trailer yard (between the dispatch office and the fleet garage) and was struck by the yard horse (a 5th wheel tractor used to move trailers).
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Nonclassifiable · Retail · OSHA inspection 1085988
Jun 23, 2015 · Giant Eagle Hospitalized
An employee operating a powered floor jack inadvertently steered the jack toward himself, pinning his left lower leg between the powered jack and an adjacent storage racking system.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1074841
After a workplace injury in Ohio
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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