Severe Workplace Injuries in Gahanna, Ohio
Employers in Gahanna reported 16 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through October 2025: 13 workers hospitalized and 3 amputations (19% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 2 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in Gahanna since 2015
OSHA opened 47 inspections at Gahanna workplaces, and 35 of them (74%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 84 serious, 1 willful and 2 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $309,131.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Suburban Steel Supply Inc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,000 |
| Qse Construction Llc (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $6,810 |
| Bw Electrical Services Llc (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $4,341 |
| Ribbon Technology Corporation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,476 |
| Kleen Sweep Chimney Service Llc (planned, details) | 8 (8 serious+) | $5,806 |
| Electric Solutions Inc. (unprogrammed, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $19,360 |
| Armando Quintanilla (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $6,914 |
| Southwest Automated Security (complaint, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $14,932 |
| Ribbon Technology Corporation (complaint, details) | 6 (3 serious+) | $33,876 |
| Mauser Packaging Solutions (referral, details) | 4 (1 serious+) | $10,000 |
| Mauser Packaging Solutions (referral, details) | 1 | $1,595 |
| Y4 Framing And Roofing Llc (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $52,418 |
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 16 newest severe injury reports from Gahanna employers, as OSHA published them.
Oct 6, 2025 · Suburban Steel Supply Hospitalized
An employee was moving steel beams with an overhead crane when the bundle struck a bollard and became unstable. As the employee reached to stop the material from shifting, his thumb was pinched in-between the beams, resulting in a partial amputation.
Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 10, 2024 · The Kroger Company Hospitalized
An employee was descending a three-step ladder. The employee fell at the last step, landing on the concrete floor and suffering a broken hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Mar 9, 2023 · Cintas Amputation
An employee was loading a metal cart full of laundry mats onto a delivery truck. While maneuvering the cart into position to secure it to the truck, the employee's left hand got caught between the cart and the truck bracket resulting in amputation of their left index fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Other services
Sep 2, 2022 · Kinder Care Learning Center LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was hanging materials on a bulletin board while standing on a chair. She fell off the chair and struck her head on the floor, suffering a scalp laceration and a concussion. She was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Health care and social assistance
Aug 18, 2022 · Educational Service Center of Central Ohio Hospitalized
An employee tripped on steps leading up from a basement to the first floor. The employee hit their forehead and broke their left upper arm on the stairs.
Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Upper arm(s) · Educational services
Jun 7, 2021 · AVI Foodsystems, Inc Hospitalized
An employee had been packing food orders in the warehouse and placing them onto a cart. The employee stepped back and fell onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip and a strained left shoulder.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Jun 25, 2019 · The Kroger Co. Hospitalized
An employee experienced a severe allergic reaction while sitting in the grass during a break.
Exposure to harmful substances or environments · Body systems · Retail
Jun 4, 2019 · Thayer Power and Communication Hospitalized
On June 4, 2019, a crew was installing fiber across a railroad crossing. A train came through and snagged the fiber. The fiber caught an employee in the neck area and the employee was thrown to the ground. The employee sustained cuts to the head and neck and was hospitalized.
Rail vehicle incident (other) · Head and neck · Construction
Oct 10, 2018 · Arrow S-Tech Hospitalized
On October 10, 2018, an employee was banding aluminum strips that were standing vertically in a gaylord container when the container split open. The aluminum strips then fell toward the employee and knocked him to the ground. He suffered head injuries and a broken hip.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Wholesale trade
May 25, 2018 · The Kroger Company Hospitalized
An employee was in a freezer, standing on a two-step ladder. The employee reached for a box, lost balance, and landed flat-footed. The employee's left knee was hyperextended and sustained a fracture.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Knee(s) · Retail
Jan 15, 2018 · Vibo Construction, Inc. Hospitalized
On January 15, 2018, an employee slipped and fell approximately 10 feet while climbing up a ladder affixed to a welded frame scaffold. The employee suffered possible bruised ribs.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction
Oct 20, 2017 · Suburban Steel Supply Amputation
On October 19, 2017, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was rigging a steel fabrication project to an electric hoist when the hoist was activated. The employee's right thumb tip was then caught and amputated between the metal project and the rigging strap.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 26, 2017 · R Miller Construction Hospitalized
An employee was helping remove a skylight from a roof, when he fell through the opening and struck the ground. He was hospitalized for a broken pelvis, broken arm, and a fractured back. The employee's harness was not tied off at the time of the incident.
Fall through surface or existing opening · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1230281
Apr 20, 2017 · G Made, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was reheating food with a re-thermalizer when hot water splashed into the employee's face and eye, causing burns that required hospitalization.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple face locations · Hotels and restaurants
Dec 28, 2016 · Hupp-Stiverson Co. Amputation
An employee was getting ready to hook up to the dome while using the vault cart. The employee's left thumb was caught in the vault cart winch and the end of his thumb was amputated.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1203881
Jan 18, 2016 · HT Hackney, Co. Hospitalized
An employee was pulling a king pin to release a trailer and slipped and fell fracturing his right ankle. Employee was hospitalized.
Fall on same level (other) · Ankle(s) · Real estate and rental
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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