Ohio Lift Truck Inc

On October 26, 2023, an employee was riding on the forks of a forklift that was moving a stack of glass panels. The forklift made a turn and the glass fell on the injured employee, causing lacerations and crush injuries to their hands.

An employee was on a tractor and moving a stack of lumber when a board shot out from the stack and struck the employee's right leg. Their tibia was fractured and required surgery.

An employee was using a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) equipped with specialized horizontal clamps to move multiple heavy paper rolls. The top roll came loose from the clamps, falling towards the cab of the lift and lacerating the employee's middle and ring fingers.

An employee was helping a forklift operator move a steel joist. The joist struck a forklift tire, and as the forklift started to move, the joist shifted and struck the employee's right leg, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was using a pallet jack to move product from a truck to a customer location. A box on the top of the pallet shifted while the pallet was going over the bump of a dock plate and fell on the employee s head. Afterward, the employee experienced numbness in their limbs.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.

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.