BOWLING GREEN, OHIO—
COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC., 1175 N. MAIN ST., BOWLING GREEN, OHIO 43402 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
On January 26, 2015, employee was walking on the roof to tend to a fire in an exhaust stack. The employee slipped on a patch of black ice on the roof and broke an ankle while on the way to the stack. Employee fell, but did not fall off the roof.
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NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO—
COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
On May 15, 2024, an employee was emptying a scrap hopper with a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when their left hand was caught between the scrap hopper and the PIV fork. They sustained an amputation of the ring fingertip.
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO—
COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
An employee was operating a forklift to dump a scrap hopper into a roll-off dumpster. The employee used a pole to unlock the chain to tilt the scrap into the dumpster. The employee went to manually rest the hopper when they suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger.
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO—
COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
On March 3, 2021, an employee was feeding rubber into an extruding machine when their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a crushing injury to the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
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