Severe Workplace Injuries in Lewis Center, Ohio
Employers in Lewis Center reported 19 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through September 2025: 17 workers hospitalized and 2 amputations (11% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 7 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Lewis Center since 2015
OSHA opened 97 inspections at Lewis Center workplaces, and 85 of them (88%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 218 serious, 1 willful and 22 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $888,310.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Cordova Construction, Llc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,547 |
| Willian Almendares (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,965 |
| Envelope Solutions, Llc (referral, details) | 1 | $1,129 |
| Envelope Solutions, Llc (complaint, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $18,390 |
| Accurate Electric Construction Inc (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 4 | $9,955 |
| Air Waves, Inc. (complaint, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $16,455 |
| Foundations Health Solutions (planned, details) | 4 (1 serious+) | $9,375 |
| Miguel Cardenas (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $55,248 |
| Castillo's Exterior Trim & Siding Llc (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $5,626 |
| Miguel Cardenas (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $29,464 |
| Vestcom (referral, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $25,447 |
| Modvera Llc (complaint, details) | 6 (5 serious+) | $3,750 |
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 19 newest severe injury reports from Lewis Center employers, as OSHA published them.
Sep 17, 2025 · Marvin Painting LLC Hospitalized
An employee was on a 10-foot step ladder masking and preparing to spray paint the ceiling when she fell and landed on her back on the floor. The employee suffered a broken collarbone, cuts, scrapes, and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level · Head and extremities · Construction · OSHA inspection 1852742
Mar 18, 2024 · Crossroads Operating Group Inc. Amputation
An employee was lifting a garage door when the cable broke and struck the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 5, 2023 · Superior Beverage Group Hospitalized
On July 5, 2023, an employee stepped off a walkie rider, slipped, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained hematomas and a right arm fracture.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 29, 2023 · Vestcom Amputation
An employee was diagnosing a problem with the vacuum on a printing press. The hose was removed and the employee's fingers were pulled into the open vacuum port and contacted the fan blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1667298
Apr 17, 2023 · Blendon Gardens Hospitalized
An employee was unloading trees from a flatbed semi-trailer. A tree branch hit him. He lost his balance near the edge of the trailer and fell to the ground, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula.
Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Feb 23, 2023 · Rumpke Transportation LLC Hospitalized
An employee was assisting on a rear load refuse truck and stepped up onto the driver side riding steps. The winch tilt cable on the rear of the truck crushed the employee's left hand between the cable and a piece of metal.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Jan 23, 2023 · Homegoods Hospitalized
An employee was walking in a back stock room. She lost her balance and fell to the floor, landing on her right hip and breaking it.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Retail
Jan 4, 2022 · EPCON Communities Hospitalized
An employee was showing a new home to potential buyers and was crossing the street. The employee stepped on a piece of gravel, slipped, and fell. The employee broke both feet.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Foot (feet) · Construction
Oct 11, 2021 · Abrasive Technology, Inc. Hospitalized
On October 11, 2021, an employee was installing a new tank into a pit when the strap holding the tank broke. The tank rolled into the pit and the employee was crushed between the wall of the pit and the tank, resulting in contusions and a broken hip.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Hip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1558532
Jun 2, 2021 · ATS Ohio Inc Hospitalized
An employee had just finished helping a co-worker secure a 9-foot section of wire trough, that was secured to a cross member that was elevated approximately 11.5 feet above the concrete floor. The employee was descending a fiberglass step ladder when the ladder shifted from beneath him in one quick movement, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 5 feet. The employee suffered an L-1 lumbar fracture and was admitted to the hospital.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lumbar region · Manufacturing
Dec 17, 2019 · TCI of Alabama, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was helping break down a transformer and rig copper winding onto a rough-terrain forklift. The forklift struck the employee against the transformer's base, breaking two of the employee's ribs on the left side.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1452496
Jan 7, 2019 · U.S. Utility Contractor Company, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, about 16 feet above the ground. A semi truck driving down the road struck the bucket, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the leg, elbow, wrist, collarbone, teeth, etc., and was hospitalized.
Roadway collision with other vehicle · Multiple body parts (other) · Information · OSHA inspection 1371556
Jun 6, 2018 · Elite Site Development And Excavating, Inc Hospitalized
Two employees were cutting a section of pipe. As the injured employee was cutting the pipe, a 8' x 14' aluminum trench box fell over onto the injured employee resulting in a cracked pelvis.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Pelvis · Construction · OSHA inspection 1321426
May 9, 2018 · Walmart #2725 Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning and trying to move a bench when he tripped over a rug behind him and fell to the floor, breaking his hip. He was hospitalized.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Retail
Nov 1, 2017 · TJX Companies Hospitalized
An employee slipped on a toy that had wheels and fell on her right knee fracturing it.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Knee(s) · Retail
Mar 10, 2017 · Vestcom Hospitalized
An employee was operating the laminating machine, stepped back, hit a stool and fell backwards hitting his head on the floor. The employee was hospitalized.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Brain · Manufacturing
Jan 9, 2017 · Abrasive Technology Inc Hospitalized
An employee was setting up to move chemical from a tank to a drum when a hose came loose and chemical splashed on the employee, burning the upper left arm and left side of the body. The employee was hospitalized.
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1203122
Sep 7, 2016 · Giant Eagle Hospitalized
An employee was scanning chicken, went to turn around, rolled her ankle, and fell to the floor, hitting her head. The employee was hospitalized for a broken hip and head lacerations requiring staples.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Retail
Mar 9, 2015 · Giant Eagle, Incorporated Hospitalized
A worker slipped and fell breaking her hip.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Retail
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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