Wooster, OH—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Wooster, OH

64 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-26 and 2025-07-30, 303 OSHA inspections, and 284 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Wooster, Ohio.

64Severe injuries

38Hospitalizations

303OSHA inspections

284Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Wooster

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Artiflex Manufacturing LLC 3 2 The Wooster Brush Company 3 3 Frito-Lay 2 4 GOJO Industries, Inc. 2 5 LUK USA LLC 2 6 Related Ventures Inc. 2 7 Riceland Cabinet Corporation 2 8 ABM Industry Groups, LLC 1 9 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 1 10 Applebee's Grill + Bar 1

Example incidents

E&H Hardware Group, LLC WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-07-30 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
The injured employee was going to use an elevator to go upstairs. The elevator does not have a call button and is operated manually. The employee approached the elevator and used the elevator drop key located in the elevator key box to manually open the door. He then stepped forward into the elevator shaft. The elevator car was on another floor, resulting in the employee falling down the shaft from the first floor to the basement level. The employee was hospitalized with a sprained left hand and bilateral calcaneal fractures.
Speed North America Inc WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-06-04 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was working on an extruder line and changing the spool when the line became tangled. The employee went to remove the line from the roller when his left hand was pulled into it, becoming caught between the line and the roller. The employee sustained amputations of his index, middle, and ring fingertips.
Styx Acquisition LLC dba Buehler s Fresh Foods WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-06-03 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was disassembling and cleaning a soup pumping machine in the central kitchen when a valve became energized and the employee's hand was caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation to a fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Daisy Brand LLC WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-05-13 · Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
An employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a small box truck. As he was putting down a pallet to push it onto a truck, the weight caused the truck to move forward. This pulled the forklift forward and it dropped between the truck and the loading dock, causing partial amputations to their left little and ring fingers.
Scot Industries, Inc. WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-04-28 · Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
An employee hooked up two bundles of steel tubing to be lifted with an overhead crane. He stumbled while walking and operating the crane and his right hand contacted the crane's pulley mechanism. The upward motion of the crane caused the cable to pull his finger into the pulley. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
Harley Drilling and Producing Ltd. WOOSTER, OHIO · 2025-03-13 · Injured by object held or wielded by person
An employee was working on a well. He turned the well on and off, trying to get the head of the well to come up. He then went to adjust the well with a wrench. To access the fittings at the front of the well, the employee put his wrench on the pulley bar to slow down the well. The employee's finger was pinched between the wrench and an angle iron, resulting in amputation to the left ring fingertip.

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