Defiance, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Keller Logistics Group
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Keller Logistics Group in Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was forklift Operator in general freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Keller Logistics Group
- Parent company
- Keller Logistics Group
- Street
- 24862 Elliott Road
- City
- Defiance
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43512
- On-site location
- In bin CC028
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Putting away pallets in [REDACTED] using a forklift
What happened
Driver was off loading door 6 and was in bin CC028 and for some reason they thought he was in the wrong bin and he slammed on the brakes and the lift tilted forwards and rocked back and when this happened they were rocked forward and hit their head on the top of the forklift causing a huge cut on the top of their head and when they came up front both clerks seen he was covered in blood and everyone was offering to take him to the hospital but he was very insistent that they drive said they were fine just lots of blood they then returned from the hospital with 8 stapes and fill out a statement they then left saying they had a really bad head ache and just wanted to go home.
Injury or illness
Laceration on the top of the head caused by the forklift overhead guard.
Object or substance involved
Forklift overhead guard.
Summary line
Laceration on the top of their head.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forklift Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 484121 — General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 341
- Total hours worked
- 651929
- EIN
- 391942414
- Establishment ID
- 835876
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:21:54:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.