Canton, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Canton Drop Forge
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
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
- Welding Booth in Die Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED] is a trainee and was observing trainer cut off parallel tubes off the bottom of a trimmer box.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Fracture to Right middle finger.
Object or substance involved
The parallel falling striking employees hand
Summary line
Tuft Fracture -Right middle finger
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:31
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:19:54:00
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.