Columbus, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Cylinders Columbus
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Cylinders Columbus in 1085 Dearborn Dr, Columbus, OH 43085 resulted in days away from work. Employee was multi Trade Maintenance Tech in metal Container Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Cylinders Columbus
- Parent company
- Worthington Industries, Inc.
- Street
- 1085 Dearborn Dr
- City
- Columbus
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43085
- On-site location
- Columbus Cylinder Direct Labor Helium VS
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Repair of shaft vertical drive assembly which was stuck in upright position
What happened
A Maintenance technician was working to replace a v wheel which serves as a guide for the vertical drive assembly of the parts shaft At the time of the incident the vertical drive assembly had been out of alignment within its guide rails and required realignment to complete the v wheel replacement While working to realign the drive assembly within its guiderails the maintenance technician manipulated the shaft by hand in attempt to realign the assembly Manipulating the shaft by hand resulted in the rack and pinion which had been supporting the shaft to become disengaged resulting in the shaft freefalling downward and in turn pinching the technicians pinky between the top of the shaft and the table
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration
Object or substance involved
Freefall of shaft created a pinch point between top of shaft and table
Summary line
Cut Laceration to Right Hand caused by Freefall of shaft created a pinch point between top of shaft and table
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Multi Trade Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332439: Metal Container Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 345
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 691,311
- EIN
- 311030364
- Establishment ID
- 827304
- Employer case #
- IN20230729
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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