OSHA Injury Report: Gradall Industries, LLC New Philadelphia

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The worker was working in the fabrication plasma table area and was getting ready to lift the chassis plate.

What happened

The worker was using the magnet to lift the chassis plate to spin it from the plasma table and take it off to stack the plate with other parts. As the worker was completing this task the chassis plate fell off of the plasma table. The worker started to back up and fell and the chassis plate fell on top of the left leg of the employee and hit the left ankle. The employee fell 3 feet down on the concrete floor.

Injury or illness

The chassis part fell on top of the left leg and hit the left ankle. The worker was taken to Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital. Foot trauma. Avulsion fracture of ankle left closed initial encounter.

Object or substance involved

Chassis plate

Summary line

The worker was lifting chassis part off of plasma table to stack it on other parts. While lifting it the part was to close to the edge of the plasma table and the part fell off. The employee stumbled and fell and part landed on left ankle of worker.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.