BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO—
AGC Automotive Americas
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AGC Automotive Americas, 1465 W. Sandusky Ave., BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO 43311 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was sliding a mold frame onto a table with another employee when his finger was pinched between the table and mold frame, resulting in a partial amputation on the left middle finger between the bottom of the nail and first knuckle.
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BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO—
AGC Automotive Americas
On August 16, 2025, at approximately 11:15 AM, an employee entered the "pack cell" at a glass fabrication line to unjam glass product from the "pop up". The employee was removing glass product when residual pneumatic energy completed cycling the "pop up". The employee's fingers became caught in the pinch point created between the "pop up" and the conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations and tendon damage to their left index, middle, and ring fingers.
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO—
AGC Automotive Americas
On or about April 1, 2016, at approximately 10:10 p.m., an employee was walking from the receiving desk at the shipping dock when a forklift driver struck him. His left leg was amputated below the knee.
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