Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belt with a pocket style utility knife. The knife slipped out of the belt and struck the employee in EE's left knee lacerating it. The employee received 4 sutures to close the wound.
Auglaize PlantMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Sep 2024
Reportable incidents
6 on file2024 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
Employee was on the 8 wash screen changing poly decks. Employee was using a screwdriver to pry pin out of the poly screen. Screwdriver broke and the employee fell forward into the broken screwdriver puncturing their left wrist.
2021 · 1 incident
Employee was preparing to removing a camlock from the rear of the water truck. It was stuck, so they attempted to tap the fitting with a hammer and it had pressure built up and it struck the employee in the mouth.
2005 · 1 incident
THE DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE SLIDING WINDOW ON THE WATER TRUCK FROM THE SEAT & AFTER BEING JAMMED ON THE 1st ATTEMPT, PULLED HARDER ON THE 2nd ATTEMPT & THE WINDOW BECAME FREE & THE DRIVER LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET & THEN FELL FORWARD ONTO A PALLET OF SCREEN CLOTH CUTTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
2004 · 1 incident
THEY WERE CHANGING TEETH OF THE BUCKET OF THE 750 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR. EE WAS HOLDING THE BAR ON THE KEEPER, CO-WORKER WAS USING AN 8# HAMMER TO HIT BAR. HAMMER SLID OFF BAR STRIKING EE'S RIGHT HAND.
2002 · 1 incident
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE WING PULLEY ON THE BERM STACKER. BOTH ENDS WERE SUPPORTED WITH A CHAIN HOIST. EE RAISED HIS END AND THE HOIST CAME UNHOOKED SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PULLE Y SHAFT AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME.