Ohio Gasket & Shim Company

On June 5, 2015, an employee using a press reached for a part; the press came down on his left hand, amputating three fingers above the knuckles.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was working on a production line. The employee went to retrieve parts that came out of the parts holder, and their left hand became caught between a chain and a sprocket. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was performing stamping operations using a 160-ton press machine. They began to clean the machine when the press came down on their hand, resulting in multiple finger amputations.

An employee was feeding a ring into a horizontal winder when the ring got caught. As the employee was getting it to continue feeding into the machine, her right middle finger was caught in a pinch point on the machine's wheel. The fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a tape cutting machine, which automatically cuts 2-inch cloth material into predetermined lengths. The material became jammed in the blade, which froze in the partway down position. The employee began working to unjam the material. The machine activated, causing the blade to become free. The blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip above the first knuckle and the tip of their left thumb.

An employee was adjusting a ring on a bar bending machine when their glove became caught in a pinch point on the machine. The machine was activated and the employee sustained fractures to the four fingers on their right hand and amputations to the index and little fingers.

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.