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 Industries, 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
- 6
Before the incident
Opening Valve Boxes
What happened
EE was opening valve boxes for Drop Valves by the South wall across from robot by the aisleway to the man door EE used a safety knife to cut the tape around the two boxes of valves EE cut 7 sides of the two boxes and as they bent over to start cutting the last section of tape EE felt a pop in their left shoulder EE rotated their left arm shoulder and continued to work EE flipped the top half of both boxes off and then stacked the tops together EE then went and go on the forklift Once they felt pain had started they reported it to the Group Leads EE was given a ice pack to help with the pain and they took some pain medication
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
Valve Box
Summary line
Strain to Left Shoulder caused by Valve Box
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332420: Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 383
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 756,715
- EIN
- 311030364
- Establishment ID
- 827308
- Employer case #
- IN20231120
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 15:15
- 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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