| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-11 | Dalton | Ga | Novalis US, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning lacquer from rollers. The employee's hand was caught between two rollers, causing a degloving. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Baltic | Ct | Amgraph Packaging, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a lacquer cylinder on a printing press when the cylinder moved and caught his left hand. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised left hand. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Can Corporation of America Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using an air gun to clean the lacquer off a bead tooling machine part when the air gun and employee's left hand were pulled into the machine, partially amputating the middle fingertip. The machine's interlock was in place at the time. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | Monroeville | Pennsylvania | Cochran Motors, Inc. | Head and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was adjusting the lacquer recycling machine. When the employee opened the machine to fix the bag, hot liquid sprayed out, causing second degree burns to the right side of the employee's trunk and head. | |||||
| 2016-02-02 | Jamestown | New York | Artone LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee used lacquer thinner to clean the lid of a glue pot over a barrel. He then used a heated putty knife to clean the remaining glue from the lid. When the knife touched the lid, the fumes and thinner caused the lid and barrel to flash and catch on fire. The employee suffered first degree burns on his face and left hand. | |||||