Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-11 | Columbus | Ks | CALIBRATED FORMS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a paper jam in a printing press. The press caught his left hand and amputated the tufts of the index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-11-09 | Arlington | Tx | Mittera Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was trying to remove paper from the rollers of a printing press. The rollers caught his hand, crushing and smashing it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-29 | Houston | Tx | Night Owls Print Shop, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a screen printing press to print designs on T-shirts when he was struck by a moving part of the machine. The employee was hospitalized for stomach and back injuries. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Griffin | Ga | Transcontinental US LLC | Tooth (teeth) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was changing the print sleeve of a printing deck when they were struck in the face and chest by a metal end cap. The employee suffered lost teeth and potential fractures. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Moonachie | Nj | 4 Over International, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was troubleshooting a paper feeding issue with a printing press. He lost his balance, and while trying to catch himself from falling, he grabbed the power transmission belt. The employee was hospitalized, and three of his fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Wheeling | Il | The Segerdahl Corporation dba SG360 | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was webbing paper through the glue unit of a printing press. The employee's hand was pulled between two rollers and crushed. | |||||
2021-08-13 | West Chicago | Il | DS Containers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing roller when his index and middle fingers were pinched between two rollers. The index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Mount Prospect | Il | Rauland | Lumbar region | Overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was loading boxes weighing 20-40 pounds into a cart to replenish supplies for a pad printing machine when they felt a pop in their lower back. The employee was hospitalized for a lower back injury. | |||||
2021-07-25 | Omaha | Ne | Graphic Packaging International | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing press. The press rollers caught the employee's right hand and degloved it. | |||||
2021-06-17 | Cincinnati | Oh | Encore Label & Packaging | Heart | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was operating a printing press when he felt ill and was transported to the hospital, where he had a heart attack. | |||||
2021-06-03 | Green Bay | Wi | Little Rapids Corp. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was standing on a stool/ladder to reach a nip point on an unused portion of a printing press, about 10 feet off the floor. The employee was caught between a press nip roll and an idler roller, suffering contusions and damage to skin on both arms. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Tavares | Fl | Sunday Cool, LLC | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working at a printing press. The employee was checking T-shirts and ink between two pallets when the machine was shifted, crushing and breaking the employee's right arm. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Groveport | Oh | Heidelberg USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee and a co-worker were troubleshooting a printing press when a part inside the machine came down on the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in an amputation at the cuticle that required surgery to reattach. | |||||
2021-04-07 | Garland | Tx | Marking Sysems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was printing labels at the printing machine when the product shifted. The employee was adjusting the product and sustained an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Bradenton | Fl | Team Edition Apparel, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading t-shirts on a screen printing machine. The printing machine rotated, struck the employee's abdomen, and pinned them between a printing pallet and the screen. The employee sustained bruised ribs and a fractured back. | |||||
2021-03-20 | Lufkin | Tx | QG Printing II, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At about 3:30 p.m. on March 20, 2021, employees were changing the lap on a signature on a printing press. An employee was checking to see that the lap was flush when his right index finger was caught under a plate. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-02-28 | Baltic | Ct | Amgraph Packaging, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting a blade in a printing unit. Two or three fingers on his right hand were crushed between the printing cylinder and the impression cylinder. | |||||
2021-01-09 | De Pere | Wi | Green Bay Packaging Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting the feeding foot of a feeder head on a printing press. A moving part in the press amputated the employee's right index fingertip halfway down the nail. | |||||
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. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Ashland | Ma | Tekni-Plex Flexibles, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 18, 2020, an employee was servicing a printing press. While manually working on the drive shaft, the machine re-energized and the employee's right hand was caught between the tensioning device and drive belt resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2020-09-12 | Lancaster | Pa | LSC Communications US, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
Two employees were loading a roll of paper into a printing press. The decking moved forward as part of the process, and an employee slipped and fell into the resulting opening. The employee suffered a broken tibia. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Feasterville Trevose | Pa | Oliver Healthcare Packaging | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was running a re-winder machine when the speed of the machine increased. The employee then slowed down the speed and also tried to stop the re-winding process. The employee's arm was pulled into the printing press resulting in a fracture to the forearm. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Conshohocken | Pa | Philadelphia Inquirer | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was on a work platform located on the second level of a printing press when they slipped and fell backward onto the working surface. The employee sustained a back injury. | |||||
2020-06-26 | Carol Stream | Illinois | American Litho, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was setting timing on the inline section of a printing machine, which had been removed from service and was in a maintenance shop. The employee's right little finger was caught in the timing gear and amputated. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Eutaw | Alabama | WestRock, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was at a weld press printing station, performing a product change using an overhead crane. His left ring finger got caught between the lock collar and the gear sleeve, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Lincoln | Rhode Island | GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was operating a continuous vulcanizing line, which extrudes rubber jacketing around a conductor cable and uses an indent printing process to label the cable. The indent printer housing had a steel cap on the side; the employee had just tightened this cap into place and was making adjustments on a panel when steam pressure ejected the cap into his abdomen. The cap knocked the wind out of him and he suffered first- and second-degree burns from the steam. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Liberty | Missouri | AXIOM IMPRESSIONS II, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was running a printing machine when it became jammed. The employee's left hand then became caught in the printing machine and two fingers were crushed. A portion of the left middle finger needed to be medically amputated. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Columbus | Ohio | Genpak, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing machine. The machine's moving parts amputated the employee's right middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-01-22 | East Peoria | Illinois | Versa Press, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 21, 2020, at around 3:00 PM, an employee was fixing a printing press when his right hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in lacerations to the index and middle fingers. The middle fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Black River Falls | Wisconsin | FLASH4.COM, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On August 12, 2019, an employee was setting up a printing press, pulling out the paper roll. The machine jogged while the employee's left index finger was inside it, amputating it at the first or second knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Caledonia | New York | Specialized Printed Forms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was feeding a web into the rolls of a printing press when the rolls were jogged while his finger was in the pinch point, resulting in the amputation of the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Axiom Impressions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press folder. The employee was jogging the machine to feed the paper back into the folder, after changing out the cutting blades, when his right hand was pulled in. The folder's cutting blade amputated his middle finger and the tips of his index, ring, and little fingers. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Camden | Arkansas | Gilchrist Bag Manufacturing, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing press with a rag when the press cycled and struck her right hand, amputating her right fifth digit at the first knuckle and fourth digit at the second knuckle. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Toledo | Ohio | PEXCO PACKAGING CORPORATION | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wrapping film around a new roll in a printing press during a roll change over. The employee's hand became caught in the press resulting in a fracture to the left forearm. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Waukesha | Wisconsin | KG Marketing and Bag Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press when their hand was pulled into the rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-04-25 | Pooler | Georgia | Sweetener Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was assisting the operator of a vertical form fill sealing (VFFS) machine. He was attempting to align the plastic bags for printing and using the machine activation button to jog the machine when the tip of his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the clamps. | |||||
2019-04-17 | Bryan | Texas | BH Media, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was hanging printing plates with a coworker when the coworker released his stop button, allowing the printing press to jog forward to hang the next plate. The injured employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, suffering lacerations. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Saint Robert | Missouri | Wal-Mart Supercenter | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was sitting at a computer printing paperwork. When she stood up, she tripped on a cord and fell, striking her left hip on the desk and floor. She broke her upper left leg. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Mount Olive | Illinois | Georgia Pacific Corrugated IV LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was transferring cleaned printing dies from a vertical drying rack back to a horizontal storage rack, about 4-6 feet away. As she turned toward the storage rack, she slipped on the printing plate and fell to the concrete floor, breaking her hip. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-03-07 | Dalton | Massachusett | Crane Currency | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
At about 10:45 a.m. on March 7, 2019, an employee was at the back of a printing press, where dried paper had wrapped around a carrying roll. He was 3 feet up a 6-foot ladder, removing the stuck paper, when he fell to the cement floor, encountering wall-mounted valves, a metal catch tray on the floor, and a metal grating. He suffered back pain and two lacerations, one to the back of the head and one on the left elbow. Each laceration required stitches. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Saint James | Missouri | MANCHESTER PACKAGING CO. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing a cylinder on a printing press. The employee's left index finger was caught in the hoist used to change the cylinder, causing an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
2019-01-31 | West Chicago | Illinois | J. H. H. OF ILLINOIS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing the ink from a printing press when her hand was pulled into the rollers, de-gloving her finger. Her fingertip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
2019-01-08 | South Portland | Maine | MTM Acquisitions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's hand was caught in a printing press roller. The employee suffered an open fracture of the right thumb and a partial amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2019-01-07 | Smyrna | Georgia | Cenveo Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clean the printing plates of an envelope machine with a towel when his fingers were caught in the printing rollers, resulting in a partial amputation of the third and fourth right-hand fingers. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Mechanicsburg | Pennsylvania | Fry Communications, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was inching a printing press. Two of the employee's fingers were caught in the press, suffering injuries; the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-22 | New York | New York | ABC Imaging of Washington, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was moving a printing machine when he experienced stomach pain. He was hospitalized for a hernia. | |||||
2018-08-24 | Decatur | Georgia | Plaid Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to manually adjust a printing press when the machine amputated her right ring finger down to the first knuckle and lacerated her pinky finger. | |||||
2018-08-19 | Franklin | Ohio | Huhtamaki, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clean a printing machine roller when the employee's finger entered a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The roller was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2018-08-19 | Belleville | Illinois | Belleville News Democrat | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee leaned back and fell off a 5-foot fixed rail ladder while cleaning blankets on a printing press. He suffered a laceration to the right side of his forehead and two cracked ribs. | |||||
2018-07-18 | Houston | Texas | HOUSTON CHRONICLE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing press after a press run. His gloved finger became stuck in the equipment. His left middle finger was crushed and had to be partially medically amputated. | |||||
2018-07-05 | Butler | New Jersey | Butler Printing Laminating Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was retrieving paperwork that was next to a printing machine. As she leaned down, her left hand contacted a roll of laminate. Her arm was wrapped around the roll and broken. | |||||
2018-06-27 | Sikeston | Missouri | TETRA PAK MATERIALS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was adjusting plates on a printing press and caught a finger in the gears resulting in a partial amputation to his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Saint Louis | Missouri | PACKAGING CONCEPTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the rollers on a printing press with a rag when the rag was caught in the rollers. His left hand then went into the rollers, amputating his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-05-04 | Oldsmar | Florida | Micon Packaging Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a printing machine to print boxes when his right hand entered the running machine, amputating his thumb and index finger. | |||||
2018-04-26 | Macon | Georgia | Aspen Products, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder and hit his head on a printing press. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Weber Marking Systems, Inc. dba Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press when the employee's left hand was caught in an unguarded pinch point on the machine, fracturing two fingers. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Celina | Ohio | Reynolds & Reynolds Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On October 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a rotary printing press when his left index finger was caught and amputated between the press rollers. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Solvay | New York | Berry Global, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was in the process of performing a plate change on a printing press when a locking strut failed, causing a color head to drop. The color head struck the employee's right-hand third digit, causing a distal phalanx fracture and fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-08-14 | North Kansas City | Missouri | HENRY WURST, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jammed trimmer on a printing press when the machine amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-07-17 | Wausau | Wisconsin | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the roller on a printing press when the employee's right thumb was pulled into the in-going nip point, partially amputating the thumb tip. The press was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-07-14 | Dallas | Pennsylvania | Offset Paperback Mfrs. Inc. | Multiple leg locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On Friday, July 14, 2017, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was guiding cans (printing equipment) to a forklift platform when a can behind her fell and struck her left knee and lower leg. She was hospitalized with a crushing injury. | |||||
2017-07-14 | Saint Louis | Missouri | PACKAGING CONCEPTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the gears of a printing press when the employee's right hand became caught in the gears, amputating the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Crossett | Arkansas | Hood Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to run paper bags through a printing press. He jogged the paper into place. His left hand was on the press cylinder when it rolled, amputating his left thumb below the nail bed and crushing his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-07-06 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | West Penn Printing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was performing maintenance on a printing press. The press was locked/tagged out, and the employee disengaged and removed the folder mechanism. The employee then attempted to re-engage the folder mechanism and slid it back into the press. As he was re-engaging the mechanism, his left index finger was caught and partially amputated in the mechanism's gear and chain. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Houston | Texas | Southern Container, Ltd | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was setting up a printing machine. He was trying to clean the printing plate with a rag when the machine's roller caught the employee's rag and pulled his right hand into the machine, amputating four fingers. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-06-02 | Stoughton | Massachusett | First Impression Printing Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was installing a wash tray on a printing press when his rubber glove and then hand was caught in the press rolls, amputating two fingers. | |||||
2017-05-26 | Hartland | Wisconsin | One TouchPoint | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning and removing debris from the printing press and their finger was caught in the infeed of the press when it started up for a new product run. The employee's right index finger was amputated and the middle finger was lacerated. | |||||
2017-04-24 | Aurora | Illinois | FGS-PRECISE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the ink reservoir on a printing press and the rag he was using was pulled into the rollers along with his hand. The tip of the employee's right pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Lancaster | New York | Alco Plastics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press and amputated two fingertips in the rollers while removing debris from a roller. | |||||
2017-04-03 | Channelview | Texas | Tex-Trude LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The injured employee was cleaning the lower plates of a printing press with a towel wrapped around his right hand. A second employee was cleaning/setting up the upper portion of the press. The injured employee's hand was pulled into the press, due to the towel; partially amputating his right thumb and crushing the right ring finger. | |||||
2017-03-23 | Pewaukee | Wisconsin | Berry Plastics Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing press when his right arm was caught and fractured in a roller. | |||||
2017-03-20 | York | Pennsylvania | York Wallcovering Incorporated | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a printing press when he attempted to clean debris from the press wheel. His hand was pulled into the rollers, and he suffered damaged nerves and swelling in his left arm up to the elbow. | |||||
2017-02-01 | Hamilton | Ohio | Innovative Solutions | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 2/1/17, an employee was operating the printing press when his left hand was pulled into a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized due to his injury. | |||||
2017-01-21 | Franklin Park | Illinois | Graph-Pak Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 21, 2017, an employee was using a rag to clean grease off a printing press when the rag became caught in the machine. A moving part then pulled the employee's left index finger into the machine, amputating the fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Findlay | Ohio | Ball Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about August 11, 2016, an employee was adding ink to the decorator can printing machine when the ink fell. When the employee attempted to grab it, the employee's hand became caught between the plate cylinder and the blanket segment, amputating the left ring finger. | |||||
2016-08-05 | Columbus | Ohio | QG Printing II Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was mounting plates on a printing press when his left ring fingertip was caught between the plates, partially amputating the soft tissue. | |||||
2016-06-26 | Secaucus | New Jersey | RR Donnelley | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was inching paper through a printing feed to clear a tear when the blade advanced on his finger. The skin was removed from his right middle finger, requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Jersey City | New Jersey | DG3 NORTH AMERICA INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While operating a printing machine, an employee attempted to clear a paper jam. This employee's pinky finger was crushed by the machine's elevator, requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-06-09 | Rochester | New York | JAMESTOWN CONTAINER CORPORATION | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was repositioning a piece of cardboard over the vacuum holes of a printing press when the piece was drawn into the machine. His left hand was also pulled in, de-gloving the top of the hand and amputating the index finger. | |||||
2016-05-08 | Lolita | Texas | Inteplast Group Ltd | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working on a printing press and pinched a finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-05-07 | Tyler | Texas | Hood Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
In the printing department, an employee's right hand, third and fourth fingers were amputated while operating a flexographic press. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Hebron | Ohio | RR Donnelley | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was webbing the paper through the printing press perf and anvil cylinder. The employee indexed the cylinders while holding the lead edge of the paper in the gap which drew the finger in, pinching it between two cylinders. The employee's right index finger was amputated. | |||||
2016-03-09 | Saint Charles | Missouri | RX SYSTEMS, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was loading paper into a printing press when the press did not move the paper along as designed. The employee jogged the machine and turned it off and then on, attempting to get the paper to move along. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine, amputating the first digit of the finger. | |||||
2016-03-05 | Owensville | Missouri | RR Donnelley | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's fingertip was amputated while working on the printing press. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-02-17 | Omaha | Nebraska | Hood Packaging, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing printing cylinders into storage and got caught between the hand cart and guard railing resulting in broken ribs. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Hallmark Cards Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a scouring pad to clean the rubber pressure and printing rollers on a printing press. The machine was running at the time. The employee got caught in the nip point between the rubber pressure roller and the printing roller and was hospitalized with two broken fingers. Surgery had to be performed. | |||||
2015-12-07 | Rochester | New York | JAMESTOWN CONTAINER CORPORATION | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting a printing plate and got his hand caught in a pinch point between two rollers when another employee jogged the machine using the registration button. The employee suffered three broken fingers and a degloving injury to the right palm. | |||||
2015-11-12 | Mason | Ohio | W&S Packaging LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about November 12, 2015, an employee's arm was pulled into the spindle on a printing press when her glove got caught. She broke two bones in her right arm. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Syracuse | New York | HANSEN QP | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On 9/11/15, employees were washing the print roller at the end of a shift. An employee bumped the right elbow on the diamond plate platform of the printing press; skin was not broken. The employee went golfing the next day and the elbow was swollen. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in the right elbow. | |||||
2015-09-03 | Pawtucket | Rhode Island | International Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about 9/3/15, a temp worker injured her finger while operating a printing machine in the Cardboard Box Department. Part of her finger had to be amputated. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Lyndhurst | New Jersey | Omega Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the rubber plates on the printing press and crushed three fingers between the printing cylinders. The machine was running at the time and was not locked out. | |||||
2015-08-23 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Journal Star Printing Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee amputated the fingertips of the right thumb, index and middle fingers while cleaning the rollers on a printing press. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-08-21 | Falconer | New York | Jamestown Container Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee pulled Printing Section # 1 out of the Martin Machine and opened the interlocked cover on the ink rollers. He then took a pair of vise-grips, depressed the jog button, and clamped the button to the housing in the depressed position causing the rollers to rotate slowly. The employee then used a hose to spray water on the partially submerged ink rollers to clean them. The inside of the container in which the rollers were partially submerged was painted black. The color of the ink was | |||||
2015-07-28 | Glen Ellyn | Illinois | M & R Printing Equipment, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 28, 2015 and approximately at 1:30 p.m., a welder was operating a milling machine in the machine shop to fabricate two sheet metal pieces for a printing press (screen printing industry). His left hand middle fingertip became caught in the two sheet metal pieces and a running drill bit of the equipment. | |||||
2015-07-13 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | QUAD/GRAPHICS, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee operating a hand controlled forklift to remove pallets from a printing press fractured a leg when his leg was caught between the moving lift and a stationary I-beam guard. | |||||
2015-07-07 | Toledo | Ohio | Printexcel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered an amputation of his right middle finger while setting up a printing press on or about July 7, 2015. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Union | Illinois | BAG MAKERS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On Monday June 29, 2015, at approximately 10:30 p.m., two maintenance employees were servicing a FLEXO press no. 9 in the FLEXO department. The FLEXO press no. 9 feeds bags for in-printing on the roller. The employee was tightening the driver side chain on the press and then proceeded to check the tension with his right hand to see if it was tight enough. The employee's right hand index finger became caught in the chain and sprocket pinch point resulting in a fracture injury. It is unknown at th | |||||
2015-06-09 | Hicksville | New York | Coral Graphic Services Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee partially amputated his right hand while operating a Steinemann printing press. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Carol Stream | Illinois | American Litho, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was "webbing" a printing press when two of the employee's left-hand fingers got pinched by a unit roller. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Chicago | Illinois | American Labelmark Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 21, 2015, an employee operating a printing press sustained an injury to the right ring finger while attempting to clear a jam resulting in an amputation. |