Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.

On March 18, 2025, an employee entered a press to assess and troubleshoot the machine's service robot. The employee utilized a step on the machine and climbed over the horizontal tie bars to gain proximity to the robot and platens. He slipped from the greased lower tie bar and fell approximately 5.5 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to their ribs and right forearm.

On May 30, 2024, an employee was using a mallet to remove hardened plastic from a mold that was suspended by a crane. A component of the plastic injection mold came loose and fell, striking the employee. They sustained a fractured leg and internal bleeding.

An employee was screwing a metal treaded stud into plastic. The employee's gloves became entangled with the stud, causing an injury to the right middle finger. The finger was medically amputated down to the first joint.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was operating a drill and tap machine. He was placing a part with his right hand and removing a part coming in on the left side. He saw a part that was crooked and went to straighten it. The machine clamped down on his left index finger, degloving the top part of the finger and resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was performing maintenance on a roll cutting machine in a warehouse. The employee was removing excess grease from the bearings when the machine's chain caught their right index finger. The fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket.

During fiberglass work, an employee mixed a methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) catalyst with a cobalt chemical that they thought was a dye. A chemical reaction occurred, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained second-degree burns on his back and a blister on his right arm.

An employee was cutting material on a straight saw when the blade lacerated her right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

At 5:00 p.m. on September 24, 2025, an employee was helping remove a fixture from a press when it slipped off the track. The employee was working to lift the fixture and set it on a mobile cart when his left middle fingertip was pinched between the fixture and a post on the cart. The employee suffered an amputation to 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.