Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Saint Joseph | Mo | ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were pulling the straps from cylinders prior to putting them in the oven. Employee 1 stepped off a platform and hit a shelf, which dislodged the mold that struck both employees in the feet. One employee sustained a fractured left foot, and the other sustained six fractured toes and a partially amputated right big toe. Both employees were hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-16 | Grand Prairie | Tx | PENSKE LOGISTICS LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was using a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering fire on a truck tailgate. The employee inhaled some of the smoke and fire extinguisher powder, suffered respiratory distress, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Monett | Mo | PLAY POWER, INC. | Heel(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was inspecting a mold suspended by a hoist when the hoist failed and the mold struck the employee in the head and lower body. The employee sustained a broken heel and lacerations to their head and thigh. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Mingo Junction | Oh | JSW Steel USA Ohio, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On November 15, 2021, an employee was splashed with molten metal while measuring steel in a mold. The employee sustained multiple third degree burns on their neck, right hand, and right leg. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Milwaukee | Wi | Ritus Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press when their right hand was caught by a demolding tool, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-11-08 | Ardmore | Ok | Michelin North America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was operating a membrane press. While trying to remove a cured membrane from the press, the membrane did not blow off the press as normal. The employee cut the membrane from the core when the core ring began rising up the mold. The employee was removing the excess rubber from the core ring when his left hand became trapped between the bottom of the core and the core ring. The employee suffered burn and crush injuries to the their middle, ring, and little fingers. The following day, t | |||||
2021-11-04 | Sharpsville | Pa | Dean Dairy Fluid, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was operating a blow mold machine. He was removing excess plastic that was stuck on the molds under the machine when the molds closed and crushed his right index and middle fingers. The middle finger was amputated and the index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-11-02 | Shelton | Ct | Lex Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an overmold machine. The machine's table moved while the employee's right index finger was in a hole for the mold, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Montgomery | Al | Kinpak, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was operating a blow molding machine and amputated their right index fingertip while removing a piece of plastic. | |||||
2021-10-23 | Hudson | Oh | Little Tikes Company | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a rotational molding machine when it cycled. As he tried to jump up to the platform, it caught his ankle and broke it. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Gibsonton | Fl | Advanced Airfoil Components LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee began moving a cart with a ceramic mold on top of it when the mold fell off the cart and smashed the employee's left hand, resulting in a broken middle finger. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Titusville | Pa | Weaber, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a molding machine when a board got jammed in the machine. The employee shut down the machine and was clearing the jam when his right hand contacted the still moving cutting blades resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-08-27 | West Bridgewater | Ma | R F OWENS CO, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
On August 27, 2021, an employee was using a patty machine to make hamburger patties. The employee was straightening a metal mold plate below the knockout cup when the machine amputated the tips of two fingers on the employee's left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Hastings | Ne | Hastings Equity Manufacturing Co | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was removing a part from under a rotational mold cover, held by a chain hoist about 6-7 feet above the working surface. The chain slipped about 1 foot, after which the load brake activated; this caused the cover to bounce off of the chain hook, strike the employee, and then come to rest on top of him. He suffered multiple fractures. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Newton | Ms | Weir ESCO Newton | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee had just finished pouring a mold using a pouring ladle. The ladle would not stop pouring; while it was being moved by crane, it spilled molten metal onto the employee. The employee's right leg and foot were burned. | |||||
2021-08-14 | Lawrenceville | Ga | REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the trash can injection mold machine and noticed that the hopper was jammed with plastic material. As the employee attempted to unjam the hopper, the blade amputated the fingertips on his left hand. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Boyertown | Pa | Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated | Scalp | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a three-step rolling ladder cleaning a mold. The employee attempted to descend the ladder when he fell to the concrete floor, resulting in trauma and a laceration to the back of his head. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Edon | Oh | PLAS-TEC Corp. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On August 5, 2021, an employee was checking an injection molding machine when they were shocked by a live wire in the machine's electrical cabinet. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Miami | Ok | Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was doing preventive maintenance on a mold on a work table. One of the pin actuators on the mold was not functioning properly. The employee was using a handheld air hose with a rubber nozzle tip attachment to actuate the pin in and out. The pin would actuate in but not out; while the employee was trying to manually slide the pin, the air hose attachment activated. The pin caught the employee's left middle finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Humble | Tx | Starplast USA LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to unjam an injection mold machine. The outer door to the machine was closed, causing the mold to actuate and catch the employee's left arm. The employee was hospitalized and the arm was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Florence | Al | Imperial Casting Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was in the pit under a molding machine. The machine cycled, and the rotating loading plate struck the employee in the head. He was then caught between the loading plate and the loading grate when the machine moved to cycle again. The employee suffered internal crushing injuries to the upper body and head. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Denver | Co | Copeland Enterprises, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was releasing a concrete form from the mold jacket. The mold weighed 800 lbs. and the employee's left index and middle fingertips were pinched when the mold shifted resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Hershey | Pa | Hershey Company Reese Plant | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee had been changing out a vacuum head. The employee was sweeping away waste candy when their right index finger was caught between a mold and a guide bar resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Roseland | La | Smitty's Supply, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working on a mold on an injection machine and stated that he felt ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat stroke. | |||||
2021-06-10 | Grovetown | Ga | GIW INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a load from the mold area to the melting area. The employee was lowering the mold when his pinky finger was crushed by the mold, resulting in a broken finger. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Nazareth | Pa | Airlite Plastics Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing mold plates from a pallet when the bottom plate fell forward off the pallet and struck her lower left leg, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Turtle Lake | Wi | Sanmina Corporation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On June 1, 2021, an employee was removing a mold from the side of a press. The mold slipped off the steel transfer plate and fell onto the employee's left foot, breaking three toes. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Conway | Ar | Conway Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on top of a ladder pulling network cable through an open ceiling to wire for a security camera. The bottom of the ladder slipped out and the employee fell close to the wall. A large piece of crown molding was sticking out from the wall and the employee hit his head on it as he fell. The employee was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized for a head injury and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Thomasville | Ga | Blackwater Timber Co. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A molder machine jammed and was turned off. Its still rotating knives caught an employee's hand, causing the amputation of the index finger. | |||||
2021-05-12 | El Paso | Tx | Rogupe Sasa Molding Inc. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On May 12, 2021, at around 8:45 a.m., an employee was installing a cutting head into a molder machine when the cutting head slipped from his hands and the blades cut his hands. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Akron | Oh | Akron Foundry Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was finishing the prep work on a mold in a low-pressure tilt machine. The machine started up and cycled, causing amputation and crushing injuries to the employee's fingers and hand. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Downers Grove | Il | Moldtronics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing plastic parts from an injection molding machine. The machine malfunctioned and closed on the employee's right hand, causing the amputation of the middle finger. | |||||
2021-04-30 | Dayville | Ct | Colt's Plastics Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing a bad part out of the mold area of a compression molding machine when the mold closed on his left hand resulting in the complete amputation of one finger and the partial amputation of another. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Hebron | Il | PERFECT SHUTTERS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was spraying mold release spray on an injection mold machine when the machine's tie bar closed and pinched the employee's hand on the spray can. The employee suffered crush injuries to their right middle and ring fingers, as well as an amputation of their right ring fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Triadelphia | Wv | Silgan Plastics Corporation | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee changed out a press mold and heated a nozzle with a torch to purge the press out. After the employee was finished heating the nozzle, he went to close the front door when degraded plastic came out of the barrel and onto his right arm. The employee suffered burns to his arm that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Rochester | Nh | K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing a part inside a wax injection mold machine. The machine cycled and crushed the employee's hand. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Roanoke | Al | Pierce Construction & Maintenance | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
An employee was holding a stake for concrete molding while a co-worker was driving the stake with a 10-pound hammer. The employee thought the co-worker was finished and grabbed the top of the stake to assist himself up from a kneeling/bending position when the hammer struck the end of the employee's right-hand pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Conyers | Ga | DIVERSITECH CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at a shaker. His fingers were pinched between a concrete mold and the shaker, and his right middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Merrill | Wi | Lincoln Wood Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was clearing wood from the molder when the feed wheel picked up the next wood board pushing the board forward. The employee's right index finger was struck by the board and pinched between another board, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Reedsville | Pa | Alltrista Plastics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was separating an injection molding tool. The employee hooked up one of the mold's two sides to overhead hoists and began to separate the mold. The other side (weighing 500 pounds) fell over and crushed the employee's left ring finger against a work bench. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Fairfield | Al | United States Steel Corporation - Fairfield Tubular | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was placing a connector to a hot mold. Some moisture got into the mold, causing it to pop. The employee suffered burns to his leg, his heel, and the back of his head. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Erie | Pa | Urick Ductile Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was changing a core box containing a mold and foundry sand. When the employee was putting away the core box, it moved unexpectedly and crushed the tip of the employee's right little finger. The fingertip was then amputated. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Nashville | Ga | Chaparral Boats, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was assisting in the rotation of a boat hull mold when his left ring finger was caught between the mold and the frame used to hold the mold, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Ashland | Oh | Cabinet Restylers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut molding pieces and amputated their right index finger. The guard was raised at the time. | |||||
2021-02-25 | New Britain | Ct | Integro, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing a cable assembly that had just been molded. Live cables shocked his left hand, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Montgomery | Al | Mobis Alabama, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting and moving a 22-ton mold using a 50-ton overhead crane. The crane moved and the employee was caught between the suspended mold and another, stationary mold behind him. He suffered lacerations to the liver and spleen, a broken rib on the right side, and a collapsed right lung. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Waycross | Ga | WMT Housing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a nail gun to install molding in a closet. The nail gun shot a 1 1/2-inch brad nail into the employee's chest. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Denver | Co | Safeway Stores 49, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the blow mold machine when the employee's fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of four fingers and a fractured arm. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Vinton | Tx | Tewa LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was trimming wood molding with a 10-inch saw. When they used a stone to sharpen the saw, the saw amputated their left middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-02-05 | Manchester | Ct | Manchester Molding & Mfg. Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were hanging a mold in a machine. The injured employee was on the back side of the machine, holding a mold in the center location, while the other employee was adjusting the die heights in order to hold the mold in position. The mold moved and pinched the injured employee's pinky finger between the platen of the machine and the mold, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Lincoln | Ne | YASUFUKU USA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a rubber mold with his hands when the mold closed onto his pinky finger. A portion of the employee's pinky finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Largo | Fl | Art Headquarters LLC | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood molding on an industrial chop saw. He was using a piece of wood to push out another piece of wood when he felt dizzy and lost balance. He moved forward, pushing the foot pedal down, and the saw blade lacerated his left hand. | |||||
2021-01-19 | Crystal Lake | Il | Cardinal Health | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
At about 9:15 p.m. on January 19, 2021, an employee was on a fixed ladder that was attached to an injection molding machine. The fixed ladder and platform detached from the machine, and it and the employee fell to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Lancaster | Oh | Norwesco, Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was using a hoist to lower the lid of a center drain mold onto the mold body. The employee stepped back from the production platform onto the mold mount to try and gain better control of the lid when he fell and struck his torso on the side of the platform. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a bruised lung and torso, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2021-01-11 | Omaha | Ne | Dimatic Die & Tool Co | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was setting up a robotic molding machine. The machine moved and struck his left hand, causing a laceration and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Kansas City | Mo | CLAY AND BAILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was making a mold when the gate that allows sand to fall down into the molds closed on his finger while attempting to free a part of the machine. The employee suffered the amputation of his left fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-11 | El Paso | Tx | Delfingen | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock after inserting a wire into a molding machine. | |||||
2020-10-05 | Franklin | Ga | FRANKLIN ALUMINUM COMPANY, INC. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was preparing the molding machine for the shift by removing the sprue plug from the injector. When the sprue was removed, hot resin struck the employee's left hand and arm resulting in first and second degree burns. | |||||
2020-09-24 | East Rutherford | Nj | Star-Glo Industries, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a metal mold onto a shelf. When the employee pushed on the top bar, it glided and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between it and the surface of the mold. The fingertip was amputated from the bottom of the nail to the top. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Lees Summit | Mo | Polytainers Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting the injection molding machine and amputated their left ring finger. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Atlanta | Ga | CKS Packaging Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was wiping the top of a machine with a cloth when her finger slipped through an opening on the guard and the mold clamp closed on her fingertip and amputated it. | |||||
2020-08-19 | Houston | Tx | H-E-B, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was cleaning bottles in the trimmer section of a blow mold machine when the employee's finger was caught in the machinery, resulting in a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Milford | Ct | Edgewell Personal Care, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was conducting maintenance on a molding tool when it kicked out, causing a partial amputation to the employee's finger. | |||||
2020-08-06 | Miami | Fl | InnFocus, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While conducting molding of plastic tubing, an employee's index finger got caught in a hydraulic cold press, resulting in a cut fingernail and a laceration to the fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Narragansett | Rhode Island | Dewal Industries, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While lifting a 55-pound mold in a molding oven room, an employee briefly lost consciousness. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Sandusky | Ohio | Imagine Baking, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 30, 2020, at approximately 10:30 AM, a temporary employee was operating a rotary molder and adding dough in the rollers. The employee came in contact with the knife on the rollers resulting in a partial amputation to the right thumb. | |||||
2020-07-27 | Sedalia | Missouri | Pittsburgh Corning Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two employees were troubleshooting a lift table that was not functioning. When air flow to the table was turned on, the table tilted down quickly and an empty mold plan slammed into the guide rail. An employee's right index finger was smashed between the guide rail and the mold; the fingertip was amputated during treatment. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Hillside | New Jersey | AAK Foodservice | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing excess butter from a machine when the filler caught the employee's disposable glove, forcing their finger into the mold. The employee sustained lacerations and fractures to two areas of their left middle finger. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Wilmington | Delaware | New B&M Meats, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a meat press when a mold jammed. As the employee was fixing the mold, the machine activated and his right hand was caught in the machine. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the right hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-08 | Kansas City | Missouri | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been working on the line applying molding. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration and renal failure. | |||||
2020-07-01 | Sauget | Illinois | Branding Iron Holdings Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
At 7:47 a.m. on July 2, 2020, an employee was clearing leakage from a meat processing machine. The machine's moving mold plate amputated the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Texarkana | Arkansas | COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a pry bar on a hot mold in a tire change press. His left pinky finger contacted the hot mold, resulting in a burn. He was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Swedesboro | New Jersey | Omega Engineering | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing the die on a molding machine when the tip of her thumb was amputated. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Christiansted | Virgin Islan | Plaza Extra East | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a bottle blow molding machine when he dropped his cell phone through the front opening of the machine. He activated the machine to move forward and attempted to retrieve his cell phone. While bending over, he touched the stop button, which caused the machine to reverse into the home position. The employee then became pinned when the panel moved into the home position, injuring his left arm and upper torso on the left side. | |||||
2020-06-12 | York | Pennsylvania | Graham Packaging Company L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to remove a plastic label from a plastic blow molding machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2020-06-10 | West Roxbury | Massachusett | Prime Collision Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee drove a car into the shop that had been treated with an anti-odor, anti-mold chemical. The employee was hospitalized for chest pain and symptoms of an allergic reaction to the chemical. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Manitowoc | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was helping operate a hydraulic mold press. The press engaged, crushing the employee's left index fingertip. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Findlay | Ohio | CENTREX PLASTICS, LLC | Elbow(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two employees were troubleshooting air actuation issues at a plastic injection molding press. One employee activated the press while the second employee was inside the press. The pin inside the press then struck the second employee's right arm, crushing the right elbow. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Dayton | Ohio | Minco Tool and Mold Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading a mold into a vise to saw off an eye bolt when the vise closed on the employee's finger, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-05-01 | Lavonia | Georgia | Greif Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on a blow mold machine. While he was cleaning out a mixing/blender cylinder, the mixer lacerated his arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Elgin | Illinois | Hansen Plastics Corporation | Arm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was lifting a mold block using an overhead crane. The block broke the employee's left arm and crushed the employee's right arm and hand. | |||||
2020-04-24 | Port Charlotte | Florida | All Phase Custom Mill Shop, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove a splintered piece of wood debris that was stuck at the feed inside a molder machine when a spinning profile cutter removed a deep chunk from his right index finger. | |||||
2020-04-19 | Wellesley | Massachusett | Next Day Moulding LLC | Multiple head locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was unloading doors from a truck when wood molding and building materials fell off the truck and struck his face, causing cuts and lacerations to the face and head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-03 | Londonderry | New Hampshir | Concrete Systems, Inc. | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pinned between two concrete molds while checking on a kiln issue, resulting in severe leg injuries. | |||||
2020-04-02 | Atlanta | Georgia | Altium Packaging LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing jammed plastic between an extrusion head and the top of molds when the mold clamp closed, crushing the employee's left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-04-02 | Cleveland | Ohio | Wyrwas Aluminum Industries Corp | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was emptying the remaining aluminum from a kettle into a mold. The hot metal hit the cold mold and exploded, splattering onto the employee and burning his chest, arms, and legs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was moving a cheese mold on a conveyor using a tool. As the employee was pulling the mold, the employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering an ankle and possible leg fracture. | |||||
2020-03-21 | Darien | Wisconsin | Plasticraft Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
The injured employee had been supervising a group and working on a plastic molding machine. The employee's right index finger was partially amputated by the air cleanout device. | |||||
2020-03-13 | Montgomery | Alabama | Southern Shutter Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was cleaning wood dust from a molder after running the machine. The blades snagged the tips of his gloves, pulling his right hand under the guard and into the splitting head. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingers above the knuckle. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Greenville | Georgia | Reinfored Earth Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
After finishing orientation and safety training, an employee went out in the yard to learn how to clean and assemble molds. While building a mold, the mold header dropped onto the employee's right ring finger resulting in amputation of the last 3/4-inch of the finger. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Mansfield | Texas | Oldcastle Infrastructure | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a crane that was lifting a mold with a turnover system. Another employee was operating the turnover system. The first employee was holding the hook to align the mold while the hydraulic lock on the hook was cycled. When the lock was cycled, the employee's left middle finger was pinched and partially amputated. | |||||
2020-03-04 | Upper Sandusky | Ohio | BRIDGESTONE APM - Foam Division | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a mold from press. The employee's finger was pinched between the accordion mold and the stop block. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2020-02-29 | Ada | Oklahoma | Flex-N-Gate Oklahoma, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking on top of mold tools, staged between molding machines, in order to stage a hoisted mold tool in the same area. The employee slipped off the top of a mold tool and fell approximately four feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for contusions to the head and torso. | |||||
2020-02-26 | Shullsburg | Wisconsin | White Hill Cheese Company, LLC | Multiple face locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Rockford | Illinois | Gunite Corporation | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was setting filters in molds in a molding machine. The employee's leg was pinched and broken between the foundry mold carriage and a roller bracket. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Warwick | Rhode Island | Antaya Technologies Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was training another employee on a molding machine and observed that the mold needed adjustment. While the injured employee was reaching into the machine, the trainee unknowingly pushed the start button, cycling the machine. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries to the right thumb resulting in amputation. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Carmi | Illinois | Vibracoustic USA Inc | Brain | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employees were working on a press machine that had a mold that was leaking rubber. The employees proceeded towards the control panel to manually lower the mold. The injured employee entered the machine between the front knock-out slides, with a flashlight and approached the mold. Upon starting the inspection of the donut, the employee heard a suction sound. The employee was startled as the top plate came down and he quickly turned his head down and away from the front side of the machine. The em | |||||
2020-02-04 | Zanesville | Ohio | Casting Solutions LLc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to blow out the core box mold to make sure it was clear from residual sand when the machine cycled unexpectedly, pinching his left index finger between the pin and the cup. His finger was amputated at the first knuckle (mid-nail). The machine was in automatic mode at the time of the incident. | |||||
2020-02-01 | Oxford | Connecticut | PTA Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's hand was caught in a molding machine, resulting in several broken bones and requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-02-01 | Aurora | Colorado | Steven Robert Originals, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a rotary molder when it partially amputated two fingertips on the employee's right hand. The rotary molder was on at the time of the incident. |