Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-25 | Oakwood | Ga | PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On August 25, 2021, an employee was standing on a platform next to an extruding line when hot plastic was expelled from the line during startup. It landed on the employee's cheek, ear, and forearm, burning the skin. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Bowling Green | Oh | COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 3, 2021, an employee was feeding rubber into an extruding machine when their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a crushing injury to the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Dallas | Texas | DAP Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was training to pack boxes on the extruding line. While reaching for a lid, the employee's left pinky finger was caught in the slat conveyor. The left pinky fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle at the hospital. | |||||
2020-03-02 | Madison | Georgia | JDR Enterprises Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding raw product into an extruding machine when their hand was caught in a roller. The employee sustained a partial de-gloving injury. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Scottsville | Texas | Prysmian General Cable | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was handling and assembling extruding equipment when his fingertip entered the side port of a head body while inserting the flow divider. This resulted in a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-05-15 | Arlington | Texas | Avangard Innovative | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was working on an extruding machine when an arc blast occurred. The employee sustained burns to his face, ears, neck, chest and arms. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Southampton | Pennsylvania | New Age Industries, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was working at an injection molding machine. A fire started at an extruding tower, when some silicone tubing broke and fell into the oven. The employee tried to fight the fire and suffered smoke inhalation. | |||||
2017-01-22 | Hope Hull | Alabama | Genpak, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating an extruding repalletizer. The line jammed and when he broke the line loose, his fingers were pulled into the machine resulting in the amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. The machine was energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-08-23 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | PALRAM PANEL, INC. | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Four employees were burned by hot plastic while working in the vicinity of a plastic extruding machine. One employee required hospitalization. The employees were purging an extruder machine and cleaning the die when they were sprayed with hot, melted PVC material. The hospitalized employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and neck. |