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OSHA Injury Report: Canton Drop Forge

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Canton Drop Forge in Canton, OH 44706 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was die Polisher in drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.

Establishment
Canton Drop Forge
Parent company
Canton Drop Forge
Street
4575 Southway Street SW
City
Canton
State
OH
ZIP
44706
On-site location
Welding Booth in Die Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

[REDACTED] is a trainee and was observing trainer cut off parallel tubes off the bottom of a trimmer box.

The trainee reached under the parallel to hand the trainer a scarfing rod. The parallel had already been cut but had not yet fallen. As injured reached into to retrieve the rod the parallel dropped striking the employees Right hand.

Fracture to Right middle finger.

The parallel falling striking employees hand

Tuft Fracture -Right middle finger

Job description
Die Polisher
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
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 #
25-18
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:31
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:54:00

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.