Incident on Jan 10, 2022: Employee injures head when struck by ratchet
At 10:10 p.m. on January 10, 2022, an employee was adjusting a powered overhead door that wasn't raising properly. The employee was working on a high tension spring on the door from an elevated personnel basket. As the employee was loosening the second set screw, the spring began to unwind causing the fabricated winding bar to fall out of the collar socket. The energy stored in the spring released resulting in the employee's ratchet striking him in the head. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull and brain bleeding.
Incident on Feb 23, 2021: Employee amputates finger while testing press belt tension
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on February 23, 2021, Employee #1 was diagnosing an issue with Press #2 at a manufacturing facility. The employee tightened the belt on the press and placed his hand on the belt to test its tension. While doing so, the employee accidentally bumped the start button, which caused the belt to engage and pull his right hand into the gear mechanism. The employee sustained an amputation to his right middle finger and was hospitalized for treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Columbus site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 157 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
"Columbus East OH - 3280"
Columbus · 2025
157
2
0
1.9
4.5
"Columbus West OH - 3365"
Columbus · 2025
146
4
4
4.0
4.5
"Chillicothe OH - 3255"
Chillicothe · 2025
135
2
2
2.0
4.5
"Columbus OH - 3273"
Columbus · 2025
130
6
5
6.4
4.5
"Holiday City DC Flatbed - 3339"
Holiday City · 2025
104
5
3
5.8
2.6
"Holiday City DC BLDG 322 - 3339"
Holiday City · 2025
102
1
0
1.2
2.6
"Holiday City DC BLDG 323 - 3339"
Holiday City · 2025
99
4
1
4.9
2.6
"4315 - Holiday City Prehung"
Holiday City · 2025
88
2
0
2.5
4.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 7 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.
Jun 17, 2022, Washington Court House: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
The injured employee was working on the concrete block line. The line had stopped while maintenance was tracking the conveyor belt to center it on the rollers. The injured employee attempted to secure a guide to help final product onto the conveyor and his right hand became caught between the head pulley and was pulled down into the machine. His index and middle fingers were amputated.
Mar 30, 2022, Washington Court House: Hospitalization · crushing injuries · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was building 10-to-12-foot trusses on a truss production line. When the trusses are finished, a conveyor arm lifts up the conveyor so that a forklift can remove the trusses from the conveyor. Once the forklift is in position, employees have to lower the arms manually to allow the forklift to back out with the trusses. When the employee went to lower the arm, it came down quickly and…
An employee was repairing a garage door. As the employee was adjusting a spring, the ratchet they were using sprang back and hit them in the head. The employee was hospitalized, requiring stitches to the forehead.
Feb 23, 2021, Washington Court House: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was tightening a 1/2-inch belt on a pulley. The employees finger got caught between the belt and pulley, causing a fingertip amputation.
On September 15, 2020, an employee was using a pry bar to unjam pallets on a roller conveyor and suffered a partial amputation to the left pinky finger.
On February 10, 2017, an employee was un-jamming a box stuck between two conveyors when he fell forward and his left hand went between the conveyor belt and a gap roller. His left hand was de-gloved and fractured.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(D) Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i)
(5) Protective materials and hardware. (i) Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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