| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-13 | Springfield | Oh | Intertape Polymer Group | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with a 12-foot coater machine. While changing a roll, the employee was caught in the material on the roll and pulled into the coater. The employee suffered a laceration to the head/face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-25 | West Monroe | La | Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was completing a quality check at the coating section of the paper machine. As the employee was clearing a coating buildup from the applicator roll, the employee's left hand was caught in a nip point between the applicator roll and coater roll and crushed. | |||||
| 2020-08-26 | Pennington | Al | Georgia-Pacific | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-04-26 | Hazleton | Pennsylvania | Silgan White Cap Americas, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the coater pan of a press oven when the employee's gloved hand became caught between two moving rollers on the machine. The employee's left pinky and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Amcor South | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was threading the web on a coater machine. While verifying the tape on the silicon roll was under the web, the employee noticed contamination (scrap film) on the coater drum and attempted to remove it. The employee's left hand was caught in an ingoing nip point and was degloved. | |||||
| 2019-03-21 | Ware | Massachusett | KANZAKI SPECIALTY PAPERS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking for air leaks on a coater when the hydraulic clamp that holds the coating rod in place struck his fingers and amputated his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-03-18 | Troy | Ohio | Troy Laminating and Coating, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| Two employees were cleaning on the back side of a coater, standing on decking 50 inches above the floor. One of them fell through a 2-foot-wide gap in the decking, suffering broken vertebrae, diabetic issues, and bruising. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Salem | Ohio | American Standard Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right index finger was pinched between the rollers of a drawing compound roller coater machine, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Gnadenhutten | Ohio | Plymouth Foam, LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the roll coater to prep it for the next adhesive by wiping down the rolls with a rag. During that process, the employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the roller up to just before his elbow crushing them. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Vicksburg | Mississippi | Mississippi TanTec Leather, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing the roller on a roller coater when it smashed two of his left-hand fingers, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Arcadia | Wisconsin | Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On July 12, 2016, an employee was admitted to the hospital as a result of crushing injuries that resulted in a laceration across the palm of the hand. The employee was cleaning the rollers on a roll coater machine with a cotton shop rag when a hand was pulled into an in-running nip-point between rollers. | |||||
| 2016-03-11 | Lake In The Hills | Illinois | Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was using a straight ladder to clean a horizontal coater. The employee slipped while descending the ladder, falling 6 to 8 feet to the cement floor and fracturing a leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Orlando | Florida | Sonoco Products Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a coater (coats sheets of metal) with a rag when his right hand was caught and crushed between the rollers. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-04-21 | Pottsville | Pennsylvania | JELD-WEN, Incorporated | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance (cleaning) on the top and bottom roll coater machine at the end of his shift. During the cleaning process, the employee touched the roller and his left arm was pulled into the machine. The employee was transported to the hospital. | |||||