Severe Workplace Injuries in Cambridge, Ohio

May 19, 2025 · Quanex IG Systems Hospitalized

An employee was manually lifting a 2-inch roll of paper weighing 58 pounds onto the line when they suffered a lower back injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Back lumbar region · Manufacturing

Dec 26, 2024 · Quanex IG Systems, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cutting rubber off the mill when their right hand and forearm became caught between the mill rollers (approximately 250 degrees). The employee sustained second-degree burns to their hand and forearm.

Struck by running powered equipment · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1795844

Nov 14, 2023 · Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center Hospitalized

An employee tripped on a step while entering a house. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Thigh(s) · Health care and social assistance

Jul 25, 2023 · Emerson Professional Tools, LLC Amputation

An employee was replacing conveyor belt rubber bands on the aluminum roller and drive shaft when the rotating shaft caught their left hand and pulled it in, fracturing their little finger. The rotating rubber band then wrapped around their left ring finger and continued to wrap around the rotating drive shaft until the fingertip was amputated under the nailbed. The employee also sustained lacerations that required stitches.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1687828

Feb 24, 2023 · Dunning Motor Sales Hospitalized

An employee was getting into the driver side of a pickup truck when he lost balance and fell out of the vehicle onto the ground. The employee sustained a back injury and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Retail

Jan 23, 2023 · Federal Mogul Ignition, LLC. Amputation

An employee was preparing to move a plate weighing 200-300 pounds to put on an O-Ring. While turning over the plate, it started to slip and fell out of the employee's grasp. Their right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the plate and the workbench.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 15, 2022 · Lucas Tree Service LLC Hospitalized

On August 15, 2022, an employee was in a lift trimming a tree when they fell from the lift, resulting in a shattered knee.

Other fall to lower level · Knee(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1616727

Sep 21, 2021 · Cambridge Packaging Inc. Amputation

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut packaging cores. As he was cutting the last packaging core, the sawblade cut his right middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations to the fingertips.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1554406

Jan 21, 2021 · Quanex IG Systems Hospitalized

On January 21, 2021, a machine that is used to apply an adhesive to the back of solar panels became jammed. An employee attempted to pull the product from the jammed machine when hot adhesive sprayed out of the machine onto the employee's neck and hand, burning the employee.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1515747

Sep 2, 2020 · Encore Plastics Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was lifting boxes weighing 27.8 lbs. to stack on a pallet and suffered a back strain.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Manufacturing

Jun 20, 2020 · Encore Plastics Corp Hospitalized

While an employee was moving a trash can of product, the can fell onto the employee resulting in a broken left ankle.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 24, 2020 · Encore Industries Amputation

On January 24, 2020, an employee was removing a plastic ball from the feed throat of an injection molding machine. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the screw and the barrel, and the tip was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1460224

Dec 16, 2019 · Tenneco Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was driving a forklift when his right forearm/wrist/hand was pinched between a wall and a junction box. He suffered a cut to the forearm that required two stitches and a muscle injury to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1447131

Aug 23, 2019 · AMG Vanadium, LLC Amputation

An employee was at a roaster machine moving a manual cart with a part on it. The employee's finger was pinched between the cart and a frame of the machine, resulting in an amputation to the left ring finger with no bone involvement.

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

May 14, 2019 · NICOLOZAKES TRUCKING & CONSTRUCTION INC. Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to rekindle a small fire with gasoline to burn scrap wood when the resulting fire burned the employee.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Nonclassifiable · Construction

Feb 26, 2019 · Schwebel Baking Company Hospitalized

On February 26, 2019, an employee fell from the lift gate of a delivery truck resulting in hospitalization for a fractured hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 18, 2019 · Encore Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee was trying to retrieve a tray that had fallen in a stacker. The stacker cycled and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the tray and the stacker frame. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 25, 2018 · Colgate Palmolive Company Hospitalized

An employee was clearing a bottle jam from a trimmer reamer when the machine cycled and the employee's hand was caught in the machinery, fracturing four fingers and severely lacerating his hand and fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1350956

Jun 25, 2018 · Colgate Palmolive Company Hospitalized

On June 25, 2018, an employee was fixing a leak in a liquid dish bottle labeler when the machine started up, fracturing both of the employee's hands.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1328489

Sep 27, 2017 · Quanex IG Systems Hospitalized

An employee walked around a parked forklift and tripped over the fork tines, fracturing the right elbow. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Elbow(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 5, 2017 · Picoma Industries Inc. Amputation

On July 5, 2017, an employee suffered an amputation injury to his hand while performing a routine pin change on a facer. The guard was not in place at the time.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1246450

Dec 3, 2016 · Schneider National Carriers, Inc. Hospitalized

On December 3, 2016, an employee was removing metal brackets from a semi truck trailer when a bracket struck the employee in the eye, requiring hospitalization.

Struck by object or equipment · Eye(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 7, 2016 · Federal Mogul Amputation

On November 7, 2016, an employee tripped and fell while picking up scrap buckets and stuck out the left hand to catch him/herself from falling. The employee's left hand entered a cut-out on a turning machine mechanism, amputating the middle fingertip.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 9, 2016 · Petta Enterprises, LLC Hospitalized

At approximately 2:30 a.m., an employee was power washing the inside of a tanker. The employee got out of the tanker and said it smelled foul. Monitoring was done and no hazardous atmospheres were detected. The employee re-entered the tanker and approximately 10 minutes upon return he passed out. The employee was hospitalized and treated.

Nonclassifiable · Body systems · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1184654

Sep 17, 2016 · Picoma Industries Amputation

An employee was using a bender machine to bend 4x45x36 conduit elbows. As he went to remove an elbow from the bender, the bender's rear clamp closed, pinching and amputated fingers on his right hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1179312

Jun 18, 2016 · AMG Vanadium, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was standing beside a forklift truck, talking to the driver. A second forklift truck backing up in the main aisle ran into a skip pan. The skip pan moved several feet, striking and pinning the employee against the side of the forklift truck. The employee's legs were bruised and swollen.

Pedestrian vehicular incident (other) · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 17, 2016 · Advanced Drainage Systems Hospitalized

An employee was unloading pipe from a drop-side trailer. He lowered the gate, but the pipe would not roll out. The employee went to the opposite side to push the pipe with his right arm. The pipe fell on and fractured his upper right arm, requiring hospitalization.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 2, 2016 · Telling Industries Hospitalized

An employee was moving a finished part (a pipe) that was coming down the conveyor of the roll former machine. The pipe became jammed, flew up, and hit the employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized with a neck laceration.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1124612

Jan 15, 2016 · AMG Vanadium, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a 6-foot step ladder, three rungs up, using two spud wrenches to re-align a screw cover. The employee lost his balance and fell injuring his right ankle and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1120162

Nov 23, 2015 · Shelly and Sands Amputation

An employee was measuring plywood with a coworker when the coworker stepped on the plywood. The injured employee's finger got caught between two sheets of plywood and the left ring fingertip was snipped off. The employee required surgical amputation down to the first joint.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction