Severe Workplace Injuries in Mentor, Ohio

Nov 26, 2025 · Interpak Inc Amputation

An employee was drilling holes in plastic molded parts. Her glove became caught in the drill, resulting in partial amputation of her left little finger at the second joint.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1864762

Oct 20, 2025 · Vermilion Tree & Land Clearing Service, Inc. Hospitalized

A wood chipper was hitched to the back of a semi truck. An employee walked from the truck's passenger side to the back of the chipper to retrieve brush debris. A 60-foot tall tree was felled nearby (on the driver's side of the truck), and the wind caught it and caused it to twist while falling. It struck the employee on the back and head, breaking six of the employee's ribs on the right side.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Rib(s), oblique area · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Sep 8, 2025 · The Lincoln Electric Company Amputation

An employee was moving extra wire out of a cleaning tank by using the tank's jogging function. Two of the employee's right-hand fingers were caught on the last strand going around the acid roll, and the employee suffered an amputation to the right little fingertip.

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

Sep 2, 2025 · Adams Technologies, Inc. Amputation

On September 2, 2025, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee was setting a rest die in a press when the die slipped off the parallels. One of the employee's fingertips became caught in the die, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 10, 2025 · PCC AIRFOILS, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was running a high-pressure water cabinet waterblast unit. When the employee released the wand, it propelled itself out of the blast cabinet. The wand whipped around and the high-pressure water stream lacerated the employee's upper right arm.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 25, 2025 · Home Goods LLC Hospitalized

A cashier turned and tripped over a register scanner cord. She fell to the floor, fractured her right knee, and dislocated her left shoulder.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Retail

Mar 8, 2025 · The Lincoln Electric Co. Hospitalized

An employee was dismounting a loading dock. The employee sustained a hernia and required surgery.

Climbing or stepping up or down · Abdomen · Manufacturing

Dec 23, 2024 · CLERAC LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking across the parking lot to a vehicle when he slipped on ice and landed on his chest. The employee sustained seven fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Multiple trunk locations · Real estate and rental

Dec 7, 2024 · HOBBY LOBBY Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a metal folding chair in the breakroom to access to a posted schedule. They lost their footing and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right shoulder.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Real estate and rental

Nov 22, 2024 · The Davey Tree Expert Company Hospitalized

An employee was struck by a falling tree branch from an adjacent tree and sustained fractures to his spine, left fibula, left ankle, and a rib.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Trunk and other lower extremities · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1790220

May 31, 2024 · LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO. Amputation

An employee was working on a point source dust collection system when the rotary valve amputated fingers and the thumb from their right hand.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1753701

Apr 22, 2024 · Profac Inc. Amputation

An employee was lifting a heavy board from a CNC machine. The board fell onto the employee's left ring finger, causing the loss of a fingernail and a fingertip amputation.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 10, 2024 · Trailer Component Manufacturing, Inc. (TRACOM) Hospitalized

An employee was drilling holes in a dumper spreader tailgate when the tailgate fell on his back, injuring it. He was hospitalized.

Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Manufacturing

Apr 1, 2024 · PAKO Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a bending machine when their left index finger was caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1739107

Mar 26, 2024 · Fab Form Hospitalized

A temporary employee was adjusting a part that was inside a brake press when the machine actuated, crushing the four fingers of his left hand and resulting in hospitalization.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1737724

Jun 21, 2023 · Profac Inc. Amputation

An employee was pushing wood into the shaper machine when their hand slipped. They suffered a fingertip amputation.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1679367

Sep 10, 2022 · AIS Commercial Parts & Service, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it kicked out at the bottom. The employee fell to the ground and broke a bone in his lower left leg.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Aug 23, 2022 · Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working from a flat tractor trailer. A forklift struck some steel pipes; the employee, believing the pipes were about to fall onto him, jumped from the trailer. He landed on his left side and suffered a dislocated left shoulder and a broken left collarbone.

Other jump to lower level · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 8, 2022 · UH Mentor Hopkins Health Center Hospitalized

An employee slipped and fell in a bathroom, striking their head on the sink and their hip on the floor. The employee suffered a hip injury that required surgery, as well as a head injury, and was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple body parts (other) · Health care and social assistance

Sep 10, 2021 · Spang Power Electronics Hospitalized

An employee was testing electric circuit boards using a testing fixture machine and received an electric shock of up to 2000 volts when he contacted live, unguarded electrical parts on the test fixture machine. The employee was hospitalized for burns to both hands and injury to their shoulders and a finger.

Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1554883

Mar 12, 2021 · Lowe's Home Improvement Hospitalized

An employee tripped over a chair in a break room, falling and breaking her hip. She was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Retail

Feb 9, 2021 · Guhde Floor Covering, Inc. DBA: Guhde Flooring America Hospitalized

An employee got out of a vehicle to close the warehouse garage when the vehicle moved and trapped the employee's legs under the front wheel, resulting in two broken legs.

Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Leg(s) · Retail

Dec 8, 2020 · The Malish Corporation Amputation

An employee was setting up a brush making machine. The drill stuck in the table. When the employee grabbed the drill shroud, the drill bit came free and stored energy in the drill spindle arm cause the drill shroud to rise quickly. The employee's left middle fingertip was compressed between the drill shroud and the base of the drill spindle housing. The fingertip was amputated.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1508493

Jun 26, 2020 · Lincoln Electric Hospitalized

An employee was using a wire wheel brush on a pedestal grinder to deburr a piece of strut. The wheel caught the employee's glove and pulled in his right hand, causing a degloving injury to the middle, ring, and little fingers. He was hospitalized.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1487484

Jun 19, 2020 · PAKO Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a CNC bender when the machine closed the tooling clamp on his left index finger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1481315

Feb 20, 2020 · Crescent Metal Products, Inc. Amputation

An employee was replacing a part in a press brake when the part shifted, catching his right thumb and resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1465570

Jan 28, 2020 · Heilind Electronics Amputation

An employee was unjamming the a machine when the maintenance operator began to assist in the process. The maintenance operator activated the machine and it cycled while the employee's hand was inside, resulting in the partial amputation of the left thumb and full amputation of the left index finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1460311

Oct 24, 2019 · PCC Airfoils, LLC Amputation

On October 24, 2019, an employee was replacing pulley belts on a dust collector system. The employee's left little finger was caught between the belt and the pulley sheave, causing a partial amputation to the finger.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1441181

Jul 10, 2019 · JO-ANN FABRICS Hospitalized

An employee was completing a transaction at the register when they tripped over the scanner's cord and fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the face.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Face · Retail

Apr 19, 2019 · Arbeit Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a sit-down cleaning machine to clean the shop floors. He used the machine to push a heavy metal cart out of the way and pinched his right thumb between the cart and the machine. The thumb tip was amputated.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1398665