KENTON, OHIO—
Sekisui Plastics U.S.A., Inc.
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sekisui Plastics U.S.A., Inc., 13950 US Highway 68, KENTON, OHIO 43326 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On September 11, 2020, an employee was hospitalized after their right ring finger was caught in a jammed garage door near the compactor as it was being forced closed with the forks of a forklift. The finger was lacerated.
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