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Worker's leg crushed at Amsted Rail's Groveport, OH plant; $610K OSHA fine
S4 · ~Jan 2017 · Amsted Rail · Groveport, OH, USA
Record
| Company | Amsted Rail |
| Industry | Rail suppliers |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | ~Jan 2017 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Groveport, OH, USA · Amsted Rail foundry |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 injury, 1 facility |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A 60-year-old maintenance worker's leg was crushed in January 2017 when he was caught in a machine while conducting maintenance at Amsted Rail's Groveport, Ohio foundry; OSHA also found silica overexposure and lockout/guarding failures, proposed $610,034 in penalties, and placed Amsted Rail in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Primary source
Publisher: Murray & Murray (citing OSHA) · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Jan 2017 | Worker's leg crushed at Amsted Rail's Groveport, OH plant; $610K OSHA fine | Murray & Murray (citing OSHA) | Murray & Murray |
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