Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Elyria Foundry Company LLC, 120 Filbert Street, ELYRIA, OHIO 44036
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
On January 31, 2016, an employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia after falling into a pit in the foundry.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Existing floor opening
More severe injuries at Elyria Foundry Company LLC
On March 2, 2023, an employee was using a hoist to lower a 700-pound casting onto a work surface. The employee's left hand was on the work surface when the casting lowered onto their thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
On June 3, 2022, an employee was using an air hoist to reposition a 1,900-pound iron casting in the cleaning room. The casting fell off the hoist and landed approximately 1 foot below on the employee's feet resulting in broken bones in both feet.
On April 8, 2022, at approximately 5:11 PM, an employee was installing chains around a mold. The chains were connected to an overhead crane. As the crane operator began moving the mold the employee was caught between the mold and a fixed object resulting in a broken left hip.
An employee was mounting/installing a motor into place when the motor shifted and his finger became pinched between the motor and the wall of the machine. He broke his left index finger.
On December 2, 2016, an employee was using a hoist to move a 945-pound casting into a paint booth when the casting fell from the hoist and onto the employee's left foot, amputating all toes.
An employee was power washing a metal tank from an elevated platform. They fell through a gap between the platform and the tank. The employee landed on the ground and sustained fractures to their ankles and feet.
An employee was installing a metal roof when he stepped on a skylight. The employee fell through the skylight to the ground, resulting in head and shoulder fractures.
An employee was replacing an HVAC unit in a residential home. While he was in the attic space above the garage, the wood he was walking on broke, causing the employee to fall through the sheetrock to the concrete floor below. The employee bumped his head and sustained a shoulder injury as well as a broken ankle.
An employee was putting a tarp on a water tank while standing on a trailer. She lost her footing and fell through the trailer bed, striking the corner of the trailer bed. The employee sustained internal bleeding.
An employee was repairing a sub-floor in a residential house that had water and fire damage. The employee fell through the sub-floor and landed in the basement, resulting in spinal fractures that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331511)
An employee was realigning two halves of a core box on a core-making machine. Pneumatic pressure released, causing the core box to close on the employee's right thumb. The thumb tip was amputated between the nail and the knuckle.
An employee was performing maintenance/electrical work inside a substation, and used a ladder to access the top of a panel box. The employee fell 8-9 feet from the top of the panel box to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their ribs and a shoulder injury.
An employee's hand was caught in a pinch point in the area of a conveyor for a flask running out of a foundry molding machine. The employee's ring finger was crushed and partially amputated at the base.
An employee noticed a block was out of place under the weighted mold frame. The employee used another block to push the block out and replace it. When the block came out, the frame came down on his right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation to the ring fingertip.
An employee was using a fork truck to move a tub containing molten iron that had been drained from the cupula. The tub tipped over and the molten metal came in contact with water. This caused the molten iron to splash back and burn the employee's upper torso.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
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.