OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Cylinders Columbus

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

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

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.