Middlefield, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: HEXPOL Middlefield
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at HEXPOL Middlefield in 14910 Madison Road, Middlefield, OH 44062 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mill Operator in sheeting, rubber, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HEXPOL Middlefield
- Street
- 14910 Madison Road
- City
- Middlefield
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44062
- On-site location
- Line 3 - Batchoff (Packaging)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Holding on to a cylinder shaft with the left hand
What happened
A 3rd shift Line 3 mill operator was folding rubber masterbatches on a pallet at the batchoff area. While holding onto the pneumatic cylinder with his left hand the associate leaned over to switch the overhead belt conveyor from forward to reverse mode but accidentally hit the wrong button. As a result the conveyor end lowered activating the pneumatic air cylinder and pinching the associate 's left pinky between the shaft and seal.
Injury or illness
Avulsion (pinch breaking the skin) of the left pinky finger.
Object or substance involved
Shaft and seal of a pneumatic (air) cylinder.
Summary line
Pinched left pinky finger holding onto a pneumatic cylinder shaft between shaft and seal
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mill Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326299: Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 171
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 525,726
- Establishment ID
- 1428593
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 02:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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