Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cedar Point Amusement Park , 1 CEDAR POINT DRIVE, SANDUSKY, OHIO 44871
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice on the main walkway while walking into work, resulting in a fractured left leg.
On June 4, 2025, at 8:35 PM, an employee was performing and dancing with a child when they stumbled and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder.
On April 29, 2019, at approximately 1:45 p.m. an employee was attempting to lift a metal locker that had tipped over. The locker door closed on the employee's right middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
On April 11, 2018, an employee was removing plywood from a picnic shelter when the employee slipped onto a small fiberglass piece, which broke and sent the employee falling approximately 15 feet to the concrete below. The employee suffered a fractured wrist and ruptured spleen, requiring hospitalization.
On August 28, 2017, an employee suffered a muscle injury after climbing to the top of a hill on an amusement park ride to retrieve a customer's cellphone. The employee was hospitalized.
On or about August 6, 2016, an employee was using a vehicle-mounted winch when the holding mechanism malfunctioned and the wire cable kept unwinding. The employee could not pull their right hand back in time and it was pulled into the first "sheave" that was about 6 feet away from the winch, amputating three fingers.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.