DELTA, OHIO—
Superior Environmental Solutions, LLC
Struck by falling object unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Superior Environmental Solutions, LLC, 9627 US 20A, DELTA, OHIO 43515 on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
On July 24, 2025, an employee was shoveling material when a piece of steel slag fell from a nearby furnace and struck them in the back. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their thoracic vertebrae and a metatarsal.
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