Severe Workplace Injuries in Cleveland, Ohio

Nov 28, 2025 · VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System Hospitalized

An employee was walking toward the employee parking garage at the end of her shift when she slipped on ice and fell on the sidewalk, injuring her left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left tibia and required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Lower leg(s) · Health care and social assistance

Oct 28, 2025 · Galaxy Balloons Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860204

Oct 24, 2025 · Garcia Homes Solutions LLC Hospitalized

An employee fell through a hole in the ceiling and suffered injuries to his side and right arm. When he fell, a piece of concrete fell with him and struck his arm. He was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1857089

Sep 30, 2025 · Polymer Solutions Group, LLC Amputation

An employee was performing maintenance on a guillotine cutter machine. As the employee was placing a pin in the machine, his left middle fingertip was caught, resulting in a partial amputation to the finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1854069

Sep 26, 2025 · BFC Profile USA Hospitalized

An employee was helping unload steel slit coils on a slitting line, using an overhead crane with a C-hook. The coil did not fit properly onto a turnstile. Another operator went to remove the coil from the C-hook using a forklift while the employee held the C-hook steady. The forklift contacted the coil, causing it to fall from the hook. It landed on the employee s foot, breaking four bones. The incident took place during a training activity.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Other services

Sep 17, 2025 · Wyman Gordon Forgings Cleveland Amputation

An employee was preparing a hammer and dies for operation. The ram prop was inserted in the hammer to secure the ram. While the employee went to apply grease to the die shim in the hammer, the ram moved downward. The motion dislodged the prop, causing the ram to drop and crush the employee's right hand and forearm. The employee sustained amputations to their hand and arm and was hospitalized.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1852406

Sep 5, 2025 · Hillcrest Foodservice Hospitalized

On September 5, 2025, an employee was walking in the parking lot to get product off the dock. A 26-foot box truck was backing up and pinned the employee against the dock plate. The employee sustained fractures to three vertebrae in their back.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1849559

Aug 8, 2025 · NAPA Auto Parts - Store COL129 Hospitalized

An employee tripped and fell in a store, striking his head, arm, and hip. His hip was broken.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Jul 30, 2025 · Corrosion Resistance, Ltd. Hospitalized

An employee ascended a ladder affixed to a sandblasting pot in order to refill the pot with blasting agent. Upon opening the top lid of the pot, the lid flew open due to internal pressure which startled the employee and caused them to fall approximately 4 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to both feet.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Construction

Jul 25, 2025 · AAA Flexible Pipe Cleaning Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was climbing off the back of a dump truck when he slipped and fell. His right leg struck a piece of scrap metal resulting in a severe laceration to the lower leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Jul 5, 2025 · Sysco Cleveland Inc Hospitalized

A forklift and a pallet jack collided in an intersection. The pallet jack operator was hospitalized with a foot fracture that required surgery.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1836512

Jul 5, 2025 · Orlando Baking Company Hospitalized

An employee was troubleshooting a 3-phase electrical circuit and was replacing a fuse. An arc flash occurred and the employee suffered burns to both hands.

Exposure to electric arc · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1835633

Jun 17, 2025 · National Foods Packaging, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a machine that packs cake mixes (a vertical form, fill, and seal machine). While unjamming the machine, his right index finger was caught in the cross jaws, resulting in a partial amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1833451

Jun 17, 2025 · The Great Lakes Construction Co. Hospitalized

An employee was working to install overhead brackets for bridge construction. They went to move a generator and fell 38-feet from the bridge deck that was under construction. The employee sustained fractures to their hip, right femur, left wrist, and ankle.

Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1832665

Jun 16, 2025 · Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking down a steep embankment when they slipped and fell to the ground surface. The employee sustained a dislocated left shoulder and a fractured left humerus.

Other fall to lower level · Shoulder(s) and arm(s) · Construction

May 24, 2025 · Miceli Dairy Products Co. Hospitalized

An employee was sanitizing conveyor belts. Their clothing was caught in the conveyor and the employee was pulled into the gears, resulting in a broken right arm.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1827064

Apr 7, 2025 · RELMEC MECHANICAL LLC Amputation

On April 7, 2025, an employee was cutting a fitting off fuel oil piping using a portable band saw. The fitting caught in the jaw of the blade and rotated his finger into the blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his left third finger, an avulsion, and a fracture.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1818189

Mar 24, 2025 · Cleveland Comprehensive Treatment Center Hospitalized

An employee was walking down a set of stairs when they fell. The employee sustained injuries to their neck, back, and shoulders. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Neck, shoulder, back · Health care and social assistance

Mar 7, 2025 · National Foods Packaging, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was backing up a walk-behind electric pallet jack during the loading of a truck. The employee tripped over a pallet and fell backward; the pallet jack crushed his right foot against a pallet. His foot was broken and he was hospitalized.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1814960

Feb 26, 2025 · Progress Rail Cleveland Track Hospitalized

The injured employee was helping a co-worker pull wire through a conduit. The wire broke and the employee fell back and struck his right side against a tensioning coupler that was on the wall. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs.

Fall on same level (other) · Rib(s), oblique area · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 18, 2025 · OCS Technologies, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking up to the building doorway when they fell on the icy parking lot, resulting in a fractured right hip and a head wound.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 17, 2025 · University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Hospitalized

An employee was walking into work when they slipped on ice and fell on the sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a right ankle trimalleolar fracture.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance

Feb 10, 2025 · SA Recycling LLC Hospitalized

An employee tripped on a single step and fell. The employee suffered a broken ankle that required surgery.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 16, 2025 · Mid-West Forge Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was using an overhead crane to lift a load of parts when the crane swung toward the employee and pinned him against the parts racks. He was hospitalized with a displaced bimalleolar fracture to his left leg and a closed fracture to his left ankle.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1798380

Jan 15, 2025 · SP+ Hospitalized

An employee was walking when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their upper body.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Part of body · Other services

Jan 8, 2025 · Tempcraft Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was operating a wax injection die. The die's metal lid (which weighed about 125 pounds) fell on his hand. He suffered crush injuries to the index and middle fingers that required surgery.

Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1815476

Dec 17, 2024 · Tri County Pallet Management Hospitalized

The injured employee was repairing pallets when they turned and contacted another employee's staple gun. The injured employee was struck in elbow with a staple resulting in a chipped bone.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Elbow(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1816121

Dec 3, 2024 · Sodexo, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was unloading a delivery from an elevated portable ramp when it collapsed, causing him to fall two stories to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Real estate and rental · OSHA inspection 1792200

Nov 20, 2024 · Lincoln Electric Company Amputation

An employee was placing a forklift chain back onto the roller. As he was doing this, the mast/forks dropped and his thumbs were caught between the chain and roller, resulting in the amputation of his thumbs.

Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 18, 2024 · Northern Stamping, Inc. Amputation

An employee was feeding material into a press and aligning it in the die. When the press cycled, the employee's left index finger was caught in the press, resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1790336