Wellston, OH—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Wellston, OH

11 severe-injury reports between 2015-12-17 and 2025-06-14, 8 OSHA inspections, and 105 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Wellston, Ohio.

11Severe injuries

9Hospitalizations

8OSHA inspections

105Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Wellston

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 General Mills 5 2 Brown-Forman 2 3 Brown-Forman Cooperage 1 4 SUPERIOR HARDWOODS OF OHIO, INC. 1

Example incidents

General Mills Inc. WELLSTON, OHIO · 2025-06-14 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was checking her equipment (centerlines). She was walking around a skid/pallet of cardboard when her foot became entangled in the green banding used to secure the cardboard during shipping. She tripped and fell on the floor, landing on her right elbow and right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
General Mills Inc. WELLSTON, OHIO · 2024-01-19 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was troubleshooting a piece of equipment. The employee slipped and grabbed onto a tube on the line that contained a running auger, resulting in amputation of the employee's first three right-hand fingertips.
General Mills WELLSTON, OHIO · 2023-06-25 · Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
An employee was dumping frozen meat into a tote dumpster when a chunk of frozen meat came out and hit the rake. The rake fell and crushed her right little finger against the edge of the tote dumpster, resulting in an open fracture.
General Mills WELLSTON, OHIO · 2021-10-08 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On October 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning the pizza topping machine using a scrubbing pad when their right hand was pulled into a running conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a broken right hand. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time.
SUPERIOR HARDWOODS OF OHIO, INC. WELLSTON, OHIO · 2021-02-15 · Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
An employee was sweeping and shoveling chips, wood debris, and sawdust around a chipper. A wood slab on the chipper's conveyor hit the employee in the head. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered head trauma, orbital and nasal fractures, and a forehead laceration.
General Mills WELLSTON, OHIO · 2018-01-09 · Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On January 9, 2018, an employee was working the pizza line at a facility that had a large heating unit running. The ignition for the burner unit control failed and shut off the ignition unit, but the natural gas remained on. Employees evacuated the work site and maintenance repaired the burner unit control switch. The employees then returned to work. The next day, the injured employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.