Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Motion Industries, 30987 Oregon Road, PERRYSBURG, OHIO 43551
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was getting out of the car when the strap on his bag broke. As he reached to grab his laptop, his walker moved, and the employee slipped and fell. The employee underwent hip surgery.
An employee was operating an order picker. As he was lowering it, his right ring finger was caught between its head rest and the shelf rack, causing a partial amputation at the tip.
An employee was backing a forklift up to a rack and his leg became lodged between the forklift and the rack. He suffered damaged muscle tissues on the left leg.
An employee was cutting hose from a spool and stepped on a piece of wire from the hose. The employee suffered a puncture wound to the left foot and twisted his left ankle.
An employee attempted to stop a moving belt and sheave when his fingers were caught in the rotating parts, amputating the second, third, and fourth digit fingertips on his left hand.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 334513)
A subcontractor employee was replacing sections of the roof when he fell through a hole in the roof about 25 feet to the ground. He landed on his feet and his legs gave out, causing him to fall to his side. The employee sustained bruises to his body, head, and face; fractures to his jaw, teeth, and left arm; and a dislocated left-hand digit.
An employee was deburring a threaded shaft on a CNC lathe. The employee's sleeve was caught in the lathe. As he was dislodging the sleeve, both arms were caught in the lathe. His arms were wrapped around the threaded shaft, breaking both arms and removing flesh from the forearms.
On December 11, 2024, an employee was operating a machine that forms and cuts copper tubes when the saw blade contacted their left index finger, resulting in an amputation to the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time.
On August 8, 2022, an employee was making 1-inch valves on a machine when his left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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.