Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RJS Corporation, 3400 Massillon Road, AKRON, OHIO 44314
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a lathe to machine a steel bar. The bar struck him, breaking his elbow. He was hospitalized.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333220)
An employee was completing setup of a job on a plastic molding machine. The employee was moving a molding tool within the machine using an overhead crane. Their left middle finger was caught between the molding tool and the eye bolt resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was moving a piece of molding equipment on a pallet using a pallet jack. The molding equipment tipped over and pinched the employee's middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation without bone loss.
The employee was working with a plastic lid press machine used for installing lids on cooler products. The employee was clearing a stuck plastic lid and their hand was caught in a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation to a finger.
An employee was performing maintenance on a clean-in-place (CIP) machine when the tip of the employee's thumb was caught in a pinch point and amputated.
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.