Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ohio Gratings, Inc., 5299 SOUTHWAY ST. SW, CANTON, OHIO 44706
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a machine to cut grating to size when the clamp on the machine amputated their thumb.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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An employee was moving a steel coil using an overhead crane and was setting it down when the coil struck other coils in a bin, causing those coils to shift. The employee was struck by the steel coils and sustained a fractured hand.
An employee was unloading 3' x 24' metal grating from a press machine and moving it to another location using an overhead gantry crane. The material shifted during the move and struck the employee's lower left leg resulting in a laceration to the calf and a broken lower leg bone.
An employee was clearing a jam in a press welding machine. The machine activated and the guard came down onto their arm and hand, resulting in fractures.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332312)
On October 21, 2025, an employee was operating a saw when a pneumatic clamp caught their right middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
An employee completed an end cut on a metal shim and started transferring the metal shim from the saw conveyor to two saw horses in the area. The employee set one end of the shim (7 feet long x 8 inches wide, weighing 218 pounds) on one of the saw horses, then slid the other end onto the other saw horse and the shim fell from the first saw horse. The employee's left index fingertip was pinched between the saw horse and the shim, resulting in a skin avulsion. The fingertip was amputated later.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
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An employee was rigging a steel joist to be lifted by a crane. The joist fell and pinned the employee against the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to multiple ribs, his right arm, right tibia, and an open fracture to his right ankle, as well as a dislocated right hip.
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