Severe Workplace Injuries in Urbana, Ohio

Nov 20, 2025 · Dollar Tree Hospitalized

An employee was checking out customers at the register when she tripped over a fan cord and fell, striking the wall behind her. She was hospitalized with a fractured right arm and a dislocated left shoulder.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Shoulder(s) and arm(s) · Retail

Oct 10, 2025 · American Pan Company Amputation

An employee was working to retrieve finished wire from a wire bender. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught between the blocks on the wire bender. The fingertip was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860650

Sep 8, 2025 · Rittal LLC Hospitalized

A forklift operator was switching out a propane tank on his forklift when the tank leaked and sprayed his right hand, resulting in hospitalization due to liquid propane burns. PPE (gloves) were not worn at the time of the incident.

Contact with cold objects or substances · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1863132

Jun 13, 2025 · Johnson Welded Products, Inc. Amputation

The injured employee was placing a measuring tape on top of a baffle tester machine being operating by another employee. The machine cycled and the injured employee's right thumb got caught between the tester plate and the baffle tank, resulting in a partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1832762

Jun 6, 2025 · The Kroger Co. - Columbus Division Hospitalized

On June 6, 2025, an employee tripped and fell while walking from customer service to the checkout lanes. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur and required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Retail

Aug 29, 2024 · Parker Trutec Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a plastic shrink wrap machine to wrap two skids of parts in containers. The containers toppled off the turntable and landed on the employee, causing a fracture to their lower back.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Back lumbar region · Manufacturing

Aug 18, 2024 · Rittal North America LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a platform while cleaning a tank. The employee was moving a hose when the hose unlatched the safety gate and the employee fell 10 feet onto concrete. The employee sustained broken teeth and a laceration to the chin.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Other multiple ear(s), facial locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1771316

May 12, 2023 · Rittal North America LLC Amputation

A temporary employee was pushing a skid of metal on a cart on a slope. As they went to slow the cart, their finger was caught, resulting in amputation to their finger pad.

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 16, 2023 · IPL DAYTON INC Hospitalized

An employee was pushing a cart in the parts-handling area before going to help a forklift driver move a metal shelf. As the forklift was navigating through the area, the injured employee took the outer wall of the shelf off and laid it out of the way. When the wall was removed, the shelving unit became unstable and began to fall. The employee went to catch it as it was falling to the ground and sustained a laceration to his left elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Elbow(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1658047

Nov 1, 2021 · Heritage Cooperative, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee had just cleared a clog in a drag and re-energized the motor. The employee asked another employee at the control panel to turn on the drag. When that happened, the motor malfunctioned causing the chain and pulley system to shift, striking the employee and throwing them over the guard rail to the ground below. The employee sustained a broken ankle and shoulder injury.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1562400

Sep 6, 2021 · The Kroger Company Amputation

An employee was cutting bone-in ribeyes on a meat saw. A piece of meat twisted and pulled his right hand into the saw, which amputated the tip of the thumb and lacerated the index finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1552894

Jul 13, 2021 · Colepak, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee attempted to get a part out of a machine when their arm got caught in the machine, resulting in a crushing injury including a partially severed muscle and an injured tendon that required hospitalization.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Upper extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1543967

Feb 3, 2021 · American Pan Amputation

An employee was setting up a crimper machine when he sustained the amputation of two fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1513950

Feb 2, 2021 · United States Postal Service Hospitalized

An employee fell on ice while delivering mail. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left tibia.

Fall on same level · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 20, 2019 · Jones Lange Lasalle Hospitalized

An employee's fingers were caught/crushed between a roller guide and a manual fence gate leading into the shipping/receiving area. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jul 31, 2019 · Link Construction Group Amputation

An employee was helping to lift a C-channel cross member into place when the C-bolt channel clip amputated the employee's fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Jun 28, 2018 · Shaffer Manufacturing Hospitalized

The employee was sitting at the machine lowering the bowl on a spindle while welding areas of the mixer bowl. The lip of the mixer bowl became trapped on top of his knee, pushing his foot (which was operating a speed pedal) downward and trapping his lower leg. The employee required assistance to remove him from the machine. The employee sustained a right knee sprain.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Knee(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1331059

Feb 10, 2017 · Solvaira Specialties Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to close a dock door while sitting on a forklift. He had backed his forklift so that the rear right wheel was on a loading dock leveler that was still attached to a trailer approved for release. When the trailer was moved, the forklift fell over and the employee's hand was pinned between the ground and upper overhead carriage. He suffered broken bones in the thumb and palm area.

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Hand(s) and finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1211677

Jul 26, 2015 · Johnson Welding Products Amputation

An employee was moving a metal drum on a pallet when the employee's finger got pinched under the drum edge, amputating the left pinky fingertip.

Contact with objects and equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1091742

Mar 2, 2015 · Johnson Welded Products, Inc. Amputation

An employee was placing plugs into tank bushings. The tester operator actuated the test sequence, causing the safety door to close while the employee's hand was in the door. The employee's left ring finger was amputated halfway down to the fingernail.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1047177