Severe Workplace Injuries in Kettering, Ohio
Employers in Kettering reported 26 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through October 2025: 23 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (19% of reports). Health care and social assistance accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 7 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Kettering since 2015
OSHA opened 44 inspections at Kettering workplaces, and 25 of them (57%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 48 serious, 0 willful and 3 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $263,584.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Bridge Co (other, details) | 1 | $2,500 |
| Pablo Jaimes Hernandez (other, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $3,972 |
| Acdh Restoration Llc (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $14,895 |
| Community Tissue Services (complaint, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $32,100 |
| The Oaks Of West Kettering (follow-up, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,000 |
| The Enterprise Roofing And Sheet Metal Co. Of Dayton, Ohio (referral, details) | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Oaks Of West Kettering (planned, details) | 7 (5 serious+) | $10,215 |
| Community Tissue Services (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $10,000 |
| Dolgen Midwest Llc (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $93,436 |
| A.C. Aguilar Roofing & Siding Of Greater Dayton, Llc (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,000 |
| Oren Fab & Supply, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,785 |
| Plk Communities, Llc (referral, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $10,230 |
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 26 newest severe injury reports from Kettering employers, as OSHA published them.
Oct 9, 2025 · Kettering Health Operations Command Center Hospitalized
An employee was walking down the main lobby stairs when they fell, resulting in hospitalization for a right ankle fracture.
Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Aug 27, 2025 · Harco Manufacturing Group, LLC Amputation
An employee was operating a proof testing machine by loading it with the product to be tested. The employee's right hand was underneath the door area of the machine and the machine crushed her ring finger and little finger. The injuries resulted in amputation of both fingers up to the knuckle of the hand.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Aug 26, 2025 · Kettering Medical Center Hospitalized
An employee was unloading a rack of intravenous (IV) pumps from a truck when two of the four wheels became stuck on the lip of the truck ramp. Two other employees came to assist. One employee went to raise the ramp while the other two lifted the rack to free the wheels. The rack became free and began to go down the ramp and into the loading dock. While the rack was moving down the ramp, it turned sideways and flipped over, landing on the injured employee. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured T12 vertebra.
Struck by object tipping over · Back thoracic region · Health care and social assistance
Jul 16, 2025 · DRT Manufacturing Co. Hospitalized
An employee was prepping a dip pot for cleanout. He was moving a utility cart into position. While moving the dip pot onto the cart, hot weatherstripping product spilled out of the pot and onto the employee's hand. The employee sustained burns to his left hand and wrist requiring hospitalization.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1839400
Jul 23, 2024 · Kettering Medical Center Hospitalized
An employee tripped while sitting and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a facial laceration and a broken neck vertebra.
Fall while sitting · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Health care and social assistance
Oct 27, 2022 · YMCA of Greater Dayton Hospitalized
An employee slipped on a child's blanket and fell to the floor, fracturing her pelvis.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Pelvis · Other services
Apr 7, 2022 · Meijer, Inc. Hospitalized
While unloading a cart of cheese from a skid, an employee tripped and fell, sustaining a broken hip.
Fall on same level due to tripping · Hip(s) · Retail
Apr 5, 2021 · Dependable Awning, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was working from a ladder to install an awning on the second floor of a residential building. The ladder tilted and the employee fell, striking another ladder before landing on their own ladder in a mulch bed. The employee suffered broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung, a broken and dislocated finger, a hairline leg fracture, a head wound, and overall contusions.
Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction · OSHA inspection 1525680
Jan 6, 2021 · Tenneco Amputation
During a training session, an employee was tearing down parts on a strut machine when they amputated their right index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 16, 2020 · CVS Store #3420 Hospitalized
While walking into work, an employee stepped into a mulched area that was lower than the lip of the concrete sidewalk. The employee tripped on the lip of the sidewalk and fell, sustaining a broken pelvis.
Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Pelvis · Retail
Aug 30, 2020 · Ox Inc Hospitalized
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, suffering a broken hip.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Retail
Mar 10, 2020 · Kettering Medical Center Hospitalized
An employee was carrying lab supplies through a lab. The employee tripped over a table leg and fell, suffering a hip injury.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance
Nov 29, 2019 · Employees Benefits Association Amputation
A employee had just removed a granite countertop when the countertop fell on the employee's right toes, resulting in the amputation of the two middle toes.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation
Jun 30, 2019 · Heartland of Kettering Hospitalized
An employee slipped on a wet bathroom floor and the left side of her stomach struck a trash can and the floor. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Health care and social assistance
Jun 29, 2019 · Thirty43 by the Greene Hospitalized
An employee heard a loud noise coming from the pool pumps. During the employee's investigation of the noise, the pump exploded and trichloroisocyanuric acid splashed onto the employee's face, neck, and chest causing chemical burns.
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Head, neck, and trunk · Real estate and rental · OSHA inspection 1413883
Oct 25, 2018 · Kettering Health Network Hospitalized
An employee fell, striking the wall with their shoulder and dislocating it. The employee was hospitalized.
Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Health care and social assistance
Sep 27, 2018 · Kettering Adventist Healthcare Amputation
An employee was cutting tissue blocks on a microtome machine when the employee's right index finger became stuck in the blade, amputating the fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1350680
Oct 10, 2016 · Kroger Hospitalized
An employee was unloading a truck using a pallet jack. The employee's foot was caught between the pallet he was moving and a stationary pallet resulting in a broken left ankle.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Ankle(s) · Retail
Aug 30, 2016 · Gudenkauf Hospitalized
An employee was cutting pipe duct material with a knife and suffered cuts to the arm.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Arm(s) · Construction
Jan 20, 2016 · Goodwill Easter Seals Hospitalized
An employee tripped over the edge of a skid and fractured his knee cap.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jan 12, 2016 · Kettering Medical Center Hospitalized
An employee slipped on ice and fell while walking on the loading dock, breaking the left hip.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance
Sep 28, 2015 · Mound Laser & Photonics Center Hospitalized
A worker poured isopropyl alcohol into an acid waste container, causing a reaction that produced acid gas. An employee working in an adjacent room was overcome by the vapors and suffered restricted breathing, requiring hospitalization.
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1096911
Sep 1, 2015 · Tenneco Amputation
An employee was performing maintenance on a broach machine. The machine cycled while his hand was inside, amputating his three right-hand middle fingers. The machine guard was not in place at the time of the incident.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1091716
Jul 15, 2015 · Tenneco Inc. Hospitalized
An employee operating a tube mill machine received an impalement injury to his left foot by the scratch brush rod. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Contact with objects and equipment · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1078756
May 19, 2015 · Siemens Building Technology Hospitalized
On or about May 19, 2015, an employee exiting a roof onto a ladder was impaled in the back of the knee by a lightning rod.
Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Knee(s) · Construction
Jan 13, 2015 · Stonebridge Apartment Homes Hospitalized
An employee slipped and fell on the ice. The employee is hospitalized and awaiting surgery for a broken ankle.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance
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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