Severe Workplace Injuries in West Salem, Ohio
Employers in West Salem reported 11 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2017 through November 2025: 5 workers hospitalized and 7 amputations (64% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 9 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in West Salem since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 25 inspections at West Salem workplaces, and 13 of them (52%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 41 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $146,049.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. (referral, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $43,600 |
| Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. (referral, details) | 5 (1 serious+) | $8,938 |
| Andrews Logging LLC (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $6,384 |
| River City Solutions, LLC (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $15,971 |
| Cinnamon Lake Association Inc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,760 |
| Associated Materials Inc. (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $13,052 |
| Yoder Barns, LLC (complaint, details) | 13 (9 serious+) | $12,883 |
| Johnson Bros. West Salem Inc. (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $3,622 |
| Johnson Bros. West Salem Inc. (referral, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $11,979 |
| Omnicor LLC (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $7,606 |
| Omnicor LLC (programmed, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $5,324 |
| Prime Woodcraft Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $5,324 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 11 newest severe injury reports from West Salem employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 10, 2025 · Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. Amputation
An employee was loading rubber into a mill. The rubber wrapped around his hand, and his hand became caught in the mill. The employee sustained the amputation of fingers.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1861211
Dec 15, 2024 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee was delivering a parcel when they slipped on ice in the customer's driveway and fell. The employee sustained a fractured lower right leg.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Oct 14, 2024 · River City Solutions, LLC. Amputation
An employee had just placed a piece of wood into an upcut saw. The saw was activated while his hand was on the piece of wood (preventing the guard from closing) and amputated four fingers from his left hand.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1783212
Jun 3, 2023 · American Augers Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking up to a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to grab a water bottle. As the vehicle was turning, the employee was struck by the PIV and sustained a spleen laceration and injury to the left arm and chest. The employee was hospitalized.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area (other) · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1676231
Oct 20, 2022 · Cinnamon Lake Association INC Amputation
An employee was working with a wood chipper when its blade caught the employee's glove. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Fingertip(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1646720
Jun 1, 2022 · American Augers Inc.* Amputation
An employee was working at a plasma burn table, lifting a piece of metal with a magnet. The magnet disengaged and the load fell onto the employee's right hand, crushing the index and middle fingers. The index finger and the tip of the middle finger were amputated.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Apr 22, 2022 · Associated Materials Inc. Amputation
An employee was trying to unjam an extrusion machine. A running saw blade amputated the employee's left thumb and index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1593151
Sep 21, 2020 · Johnson Bros. West Salem Inc. Amputation
An employee was operating a mill machine when the rollers of the mill machine grabbed his left hand fingers. The employee sustained partial fingertip amputations of the left ring and middle fingers.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1495328
Nov 2, 2018 · Davey Tree Expert Company, The Hospitalized
A heavy tree branch was cut down, striking an employee who was walking below. He suffered a fractured pelvis and fractures to the thoracic spine.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Multiple trunk locations · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1359589
Jun 21, 2018 · KOKOSING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. Hospitalized
An asphalt roller operator fell approximately five feet from the operator's platform and was hospitalized for a severe head injury with concussion. The roller was parked at the time.
Nonclassifiable · Nonclassifiable · Construction · OSHA inspection 1327832
Nov 11, 2017 · Johnson Bros. West Salem Inc. Amputation
An employee was running a mill when his left index finger was caught on the strip-off knife, amputating his left index fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1277904
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.
Workers compensation lawyers in Ohio
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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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