Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at General Data Company, Inc., 4354 Ferguson Dr, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45254
on — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was exposed to a propane gas leak and was hospitalized for elevated carbon monoxide levels.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSCarbon monoxide
More severe injuries at General Data Company, Inc.
An employee was operating a forklift with a skid on the tray. The forklift turned a corner and the skid was pushed up. It crushed the employee's right little finger, which was amputated.
An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.
An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
The injured employee's standup forklift had mechanical issue with a tire. The injured employee was inside their forklift to help steer it while it was being pushed up the ramp by another forklift. As the other forklift started to move up the ramp, it's forks moved and went into the driver's space of the disabled forklift. The fork penetrated the injured employee's left shoe, fracturing the two middle toes and injuring the first toe. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
A press was having a paster failure and the crew was working to get the ink on the paper. A press operator grounded himself and was entering the press unit when something flashed. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his head and left arm.
Around 12:45 PM, a clamp truck operator went to remove a piece of orange strap from a clamp truck that was parked outside of the office. The strap fell into a gap between the frame and the hood of the truck. The strap became caught in the engine's fan and also wrapped around the employee's hand when he went to grab it. The strap was pulled tight against the frame of the clamp truck, causing lacerations and fractures to the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
At 12:00 p.m. on August 13, 2025, an employee was unloading a 1,100-pound roll of paper from a skid when the roll fell onto his right leg. The leg was broken.
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.