Westerville, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Cylinders Westerville
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Cylinders Westerville in 333 E Maxtown Rd, Westerville, OH 43082 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Cylinders Westerville
- Parent company
- Worthington Enterprises Inc
- Street
- 333 E Maxtown Rd
- City
- Westerville
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43082
- On-site location
- Westerville Paint Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
EE was moving hook rack to be able to access open side
What happened
EE was assigned to unhang. After one side of the hook cart became full EE attempted to turn the hook cart around so that the empty side would be facing the conveyor. EE pushed the south end of the hook cart and grabbed the handle of the opposite end and pulled it to stop it. When the EE attempted to stop the cart they felt a sharp pain on the right side of their back. [REDACTED] heard the employee yell and came over to see if [REDACTED] was okay. After checking on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] left to notify the supervisor. [REDACTED] was then taken to see [REDACTED] where ice was applied to [REDACTED]s back. [REDACTED] also came over to help [REDACTED] when they heard the yell. [REDACTED] then began removing hooks for [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
Hook Cart
Summary line
Strain to Right Back Lower caused by Hook Cart
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332420: Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 310
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 599,094
- EIN
- 311030364
- Establishment ID
- 827308
- Employer case #
- IN-202509
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-15
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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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