TOLEDO, OHIO—
Beta Plastics, Inc.
Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Beta Plastics, Inc., 2145 Tedrow Rd., TOLEDO, OHIO 43614 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the face, unspecified.
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Final narrative
On February 6, 2018, an employee was driving a forklift when a piece of a plastic bumper became caught in the tire and flung up, striking his face. He suffered facial fractures, a cut on the eye, and facial swelling, requiring hospitalization.
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