Westerville, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Cylinders Westerville
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Cylinders Westerville in 333 E Maxtown Rd, Westerville, OH 43082 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Cylinders Westerville
- Parent company
- Worthington Enterprises Inc
- Street
- 333 E Maxtown Rd
- City
- Westerville
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43082
- On-site location
- Westerville Press Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Clearing trim unit from failed trim
What happened
[REDACTED] was inside North trim unit removing a 20 top shell that was stuck on the spindle As [REDACTED] went to grip the part and pull it up and out they noticed it was caught The part was at a 45 degree angle with their right hand at [REDACTED] and left hand at [REDACTED] position an unseen sliver of metal about 3 inches long at the [REDACTED] position of the shell punctured [REDACTED]s glove and pierced their right pinky finger between the 1st and 2nd knuckle [REDACTED] jerked their hand back which caused the metal sliver to slice their skin downwards and the glove to remain stuck on the metal sliver [REDACTED] left the trim unit and approached WL Leadership with the injury Pressroom Supervisor and EHS were advised and administered first aid and utilized a bodily fluid cleanup kit to remove blood from the shop floor North trim unit was locked out for investigation [REDACTED] was taken offsite for evaluation [REDACTED] was wearing the green [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Armor puncture resis
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration
Object or substance involved
Failed 20 top shell trim with unknown hazardous metal sliver
Summary line
Cut Laceration to Right Fingers incl Thumb caused by Failed 20 top shell trim with unknown hazardous metal sliver
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332420: Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 339
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 624,655
- EIN
- 311030364
- Establishment ID
- 827308
- Employer case #
- IN-2024121
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-05
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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