Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pitt Plastics, Inc., 3980 Groves Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43232
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift. As they exited the back of a semi trailer and turned, the employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the threshold of a dock door. The foot was broken and lacerated.
An employee was clearing a jam from the rewinder when their hand was pulled into a rotating part of the machine, fracturing one finger and dislocating another.
On October 1, 2024, at 6:00 AM, an employee was clearing a trash bag machine that had become jammed when a piece of plastic caught their right middle fingertip, amputating it.
Employee 1 clocked out and left the building, preparing to go home. Employee 2, who was not on the clock, approached employee 1 at gunpoint and told him to get in employee 1's car. Employee 1 complied and got in the driver's seat of his car, at which point employee 2 attempted to get in the passenger's side. Employee 1 started his car and tried to reverse rapidly. When employee 1 was pulling away, employee 2 fired his weapon four times through the passenger side window, hitting employee 1 in the back and right side three times and grazing his front side one time. Employee 1 suffered multiple gunshot wounds and broken ribs.
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.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
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