Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ely Enterprises, Inc., 701 West Hopocan Avenue, BARBERTON, OHIO 44203
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a grinder on a metal baler when the grinder became caught on the employee's pants and fell, striking them in the lower leg. The employee sustained lacerations to multiple tendons that required surgery.
On October 19, 2023, an employee was cleaning debris off the bottom of a piece of a baler and conveyor used for recycling. The conveyor unit fell onto the employee, resulting in fractures to the shoulder blade, spine, ribs, and two fingers. They also sustained lacerations to the spleen and liver.
An employee was working on an assembly line in the production facility. He was on the south part of the aisle, checking for debris in the system, and went to remove a screw. His left foot became caught in a wheel on a track along the assembly line. All of the toes on his left foot were amputated.
A maintenance employee was using an air wand to clean equipment. The air wand became caught in the rollers that were turning and the employee's left arm was pulled into the equipment. Their arm was crushed to the elbow and the fifth digit on their left hand was amputated.
On July 3, 2024, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was installing a pulling sheave in an electrical gear when they received a high-voltage electrical shock and sustained arc flash burns.
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.