Canton, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Canton Drop Forge
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Canton Drop Forge in Canton, OH 44706 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forge Shop Helper in drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Canton Drop Forge
- Parent company
- Canton Drop Forge
- Street
- 4575 Southway Street SW
- City
- Canton
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44706
- On-site location
- Forge Shop-OP20
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Employee was using a forge near a Ramset gun that had a strip extended
What happened
extended strip got hot exploding the cap and a piece of metal went into the back of his thigh
Injury or illness
puncture wound of right thigh
Object or substance involved
metal foreign body
Summary line
Puncture laceration right thigh. [REDACTED] overheated hitting employee in leg.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forge Shop Helper
- SOC code
- 51-9198 — Helpers--Production Workers
- NAICS code
- 332111 — Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 240
- Total hours worked
- 494220
- EIN
- 340130090
- Establishment ID
- 675231
- Employer case #
- 25-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:18:06:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.