Severe Workplace Injuries in Marion, Ohio

May 21, 2025 · Houser Products, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was found on the floor within the enclosure of a laser machine. The employee was adjusting a sheet of metal on the machine while carrying a remote control, which actuated the machine, moving the carriage and causing the employee to be caught between the carriage and the machine table. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right shoulder and left ankle, and lacerations on their legs and ankles.

Struck by running powered equipment · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1827390

Mar 20, 2025 · Triad Transport, Inc. Hospitalized

On March 20, 2025, a truck driver was opening the back swing door of a 30-yard roll-off container, which was still on their truck. A metal pipe (4"-6" diameter) slid off the truck as the door was opened and struck the employee in the right lower leg. The employee suffered a degloving injury to the leg.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Mar 19, 2025 · Management & Training Corporation Hospitalized

On March 19, 2025, a correctional officer was walking in the dorms when an inmate struck them in the head and face with a lock, causing a laceration near the eye. The employee was hospitalized with blood behind the eye and bruising.

Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services · Eye(s) · Public administration

Feb 24, 2025 · Oberlander's Tree and Landscape, LTD. Hospitalized

An employee was observing a piece of wood being winched into the infeed chute on the wood chipper. As the wood contacted the bottom edge of the chute it become stuck. The employee grabbed the winch and the piece of wood to clear the bottom of chute so it could be winched further into the chute. The wood rotated sideways and pinned his leg between the wood and the infeed chute of the chipper, resulting in a fractured right femur.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Thigh(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Feb 6, 2025 · Ohio Health Marion General Hospital Hospitalized

An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell. The employee's head struck the ground, resulting in a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Feb 3, 2025 · The Royal Group - Marion Hospitalized

On February 3, 2025, at about 5:00 PM, an employee was conducting maintenance on an overhead waste system when part of an air tube weighing about 300 lbs. fell about 3 feet onto the employee's right forearm. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the forearm.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 11, 2024 · Suburban Natural Gas Company Hospitalized

On November 11, 2024, an employee was offloading polyethylene pipe from a truck. The pipe was being moved along free-spinning rollers. The employee's pants got caught on a roller causing them to trip and fall onto a pipe. The employee sustained a puncture wound to their leg requiring hospitalization.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 17, 2024 · Comfort Systems USA, OHIO Hospitalized

On October 17, 2024, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee was riding in the manlift attachment of a forklift when the attachment fell off the forklift, causing the employee to fall approximately 4 feet to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right arm and an injury to a neck vertebra, and they received stitches on their forehead.

Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Head and extremities · Construction · OSHA inspection 1784165

Sep 11, 2024 · Whirlpool Corporation Hospitalized

On September 11, 2024, an employee was moving between a stack of steel and a hopper when they tripped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized due to a fractured and displaced hip.

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

Apr 5, 2024 · Kirk NationaLease Co. Hospitalized

An employee was on a ladder working on an overhead door. The door opened and the latch caught and moved the ladder, causing them to fall to the floor. This resulted in a fractured wrist and a broken rib.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment · Trunk and other upper extremities · Real estate and rental

Feb 8, 2024 · SIMS BROS. RECYCLING Hospitalized

At about 11:00 a.m. on February 8, 2024, an employee was repairing a cylinder on a shear/baler processing machine when the cylinder activated. The cylinder failed and forced a brass packing ring forward as a projectile striking the employee's lower right leg. The employee's right tibia and fibula were fractured and the employee was hospitalized.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1727647

Dec 27, 2023 · The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Thigh(s) · Health care and social assistance

Oct 9, 2023 · Wyandot Snacks Inc Hospitalized

On October 9, 2023, at 9:45 AM, an employee was engaged in setup activities at an extruder. An overhead meal feed tube cap fell and struck the employee's head. The employee sustained a head injury and was hospitalized.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Brain · Manufacturing

Aug 27, 2023 · Wyandot Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting the underside of a plastic conveyor when her hand became caught in the spindle, resulting in a right wrist fracture. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1695207

Apr 27, 2023 · Whirlpool Corporation Amputation

On April 27, 2023, at 7:05 AM, a machine operator was removing a stuck part from a pneumatic die tool and amputated their left middle fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1667266

Aug 26, 2022 · WS Trading LLC Hospitalized

A forklift ran over an employee's right foot, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1631876

Aug 15, 2022 · Central Machinery Company Amputation

An employee was operating a brake press to bend metal. His right-hand fingers were caught in its point of operation, and he suffered amputations to four of them.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1615964

Jun 30, 2022 · Gordon Food Service Store Hospitalized

An employee suffered a lower back injury (with pain and numbness in the legs) while loading a 40-pound bag of sugar into a van. She was hospitalized.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Lumbar region · Wholesale trade

Jun 6, 2022 · Central Machinery Company, LLC Amputation

An employee was unloading a beam from a skid onto a robot weld cell. He rolled the beam over onto its side so it could be picked up with a magnet crane. Another beam rolled over and pinched his right thumb against the first one. The thumb tip was partially amputated.

Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 24, 2022 · Penske Logistics Hospitalized

On February 24, 2022, an employee slipped on ice and fell, suffering a hip injury. He was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 24, 2021 · The Wilson Bohannan Co. Amputation

On August 24, 2021, an employee was unjamming a pad lock from an energized bar loader machine when their left middle finger was caught in a pinch point. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1550992

Aug 19, 2021 · Marion Logistics Services Hospitalized

A security guard was starting his personal vehicle. While exiting the vehicle his feet got caught on the doorsill and he fell out of the car, fracturing his hip on the ground.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Mar 18, 2021 · Walmart Hospitalized

An employee was unloading a bin off a pallet. The employee's foot went between the slats of the pallet, causing the employee to fall to the floor and suffer fractures to the hip/pelvis and wrist.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Multiple body parts (other) · Retail

Feb 10, 2021 · Affordable Home Health Care, LLC Hospitalized

On February 10, 2021, an employee slipped and fell on ice while performing a home visit, resulting in a fractured leg that required hospitalization.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Health care and social assistance

Aug 20, 2020 · Poet Biorefinery-Marion, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting bearings on equipment while walking around the equipment. He stepped through an open hatchway and fell eight feet to the level below landing on grating. The employee sustained a fractured spine and a concussion.

Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet · Head and trunk · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1490172

Jun 25, 2020 · Union Tank Car Co. Hospitalized

On June 25, 2020, an employee was acting as a groundman to assist the locomotive driver in staging cars in the blast building. As the railcar was moving past a beam that is part of the building, the employee became pinned between the beam and the railcar and sustained a fractured pelvis.

Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident · Pelvis · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1481433

May 6, 2020 · Overhead Door Corporation Amputation

On May 6, 2020, an employee was operating a metal shear to cut 2-inch strips of aluminum. He was attempting to catch the strips behind the shear so they would not fall on the floor. While his hand was behind the machine, the shear was actuated via the foot petal, causing the shear to come down on his left middle finger. His fingertip was amputated to approximately the end of the nail bed.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1474873

Apr 13, 2020 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized

A dog bit an employee on the right forearm while the employee was delivering mail.

Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Forearm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Mar 23, 2020 · Labor Max Staffing Hospitalized

On March 23, 2020, an employee's left index finger was smashed and broken in a rail car's sliding steel door. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Mar 20, 2020 · Ohio Health Marion General Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was leaving the department to take a break. The employee fell and fractured an ankle.

Fall on same level · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance