Ohio Cat

On August 16, 2017, an employee was on the ground inspecting a part when another part fell from a storage rack and struck the employee's head, causing a skull fracture.

An employee was hospitalized after tripping over a mobile jack stand not in use in the tool room. The employee sustained a leg injury.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee had just taken a zero-turn riding mower off a truck and parked it on the concrete ground. As he dismounted, his foot became caught on the equipment and he fell. He braced himself with his right arm, resulting in a fracture, a dislocation and a lateral collateral ligament (LCL) tear. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was adjusting the low/high speed screws on the carburetor of a push mower when the mower shifted backward and the employee's right-hand fingertips came in contact with the moving mower blades. The employee sustained a laceration to a fingertip and two fingertip amputations.

On April 25, 2024, around 10:00 a.m., a service technician was pulling on a rope to relieve the belt tension on a mower deck to remove the idler spring when the rope broke and he fell backward, fracturing his right leg/ankle.

On 1/20/2021, an employee was unloading a box truck with a pallet jack when he slipped on ice and struck his knee on the pallet jack. The employee suffered muscle detachment from his kneecap that requires surgery.

An employee had been loading a safe with a forklift. The employee was adjusting the forks of the forklift when their finger got caught between the forks. The employee sustained an amputation to the left ring finger.

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.