NORWALK, OHIO—
Borgers Ohio, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Borgers Ohio, Inc., 400 Industrial Parkway, NORWALK, OHIO 44857 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On January 15, 2021, an employee was pushing a bed plate (for a textile production line's needle loom) into place. The bed slid in quickly, and his finger was caught in a shear point between it and a mounting bracket. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
More severe injuries at Borgers Ohio, Inc.
NORWALK, OHIO—
Borgers Ohio, Inc.
An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when part of an adjacent machine caught fire. The employee extinguished the fire and suffered smoke inhalation.
NORWALK, OHIO—
Borgers Ohio, Inc.
On July 27, 2022, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was walking near a machine while returning to her work area when she fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a broken right femur.
NORWALK, OHIO—
Borgers Ohio, Inc.
On March 8, 2022, an employee was programming a new tool within a molding cell. The employee removed the air line and the tooling closed on the employee's arm. Their arm was caught by the cutter bar within the tooling, resulting in a laceration and fractures to their arm.
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