| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-08 | Mansfield | Tx | Plastic Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was unloading resin from a railcar. As the employee was pushing the lever to open the outside storage container at the bottom of the rail car, his left pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-18 | Auburn | Al | Aptar CSP Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee and two co-workers were removing a feed hopper due to a piece of hard resin that had accumulated between the hopper and the mixer. When the hopper was dislodged from the mixer, it pivoted into a new position and contacted the employee's right pinky finger, crushing it between the hopper and the mezzanine floor and resulting in crush injuries and lacerations that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Dallas | Tx | Altium packaging | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, using a resin rod to unjam a blowback chute above. The ladder tipped over and the employee fell, landing on the ladder and suffering four broken left-side ribs. | |||||
| 2021-02-21 | Houston | Tx | Alcon | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a 3-4 ft. platform ladder adjusting a vacuum hose in a resin super sack. The platform ladder fell over and the employee fell to the concrete floor, sustaining injuries to the back and leg. | |||||
| 2021-02-10 | Sand Springs | Ok | NOV Fiber Glass Systems, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was grinding on a metal resin pan and a spark ignited a 5-gallon bucket of solvent. The burning solvent splashed onto his right leg, causing burns to the right leg, right hand, and right arm. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Henry | Il | Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On September 1, 2020, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee was getting ready to clean hot water and resin from a strainer when a bolt became loose as he was standing over the system. He was then sprayed with hot material through the cap on top of system. He received first and second degree burns on his right and left thighs, lower body, right and left arms, abdomen, chest, and left ear and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Iowa Park | Texas | Sealed Air Corporation, Cryovac Division | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was helping to troubleshoot a resin conveying butterfly valve for proper operation. To perform the operation check, the employee had to support the weight of the valve to minimize the strain on the valve's wiring harness. His right thumb inadvertently entered the butterfly valve's area of actuation, and the butterfly valve smashed his right thumb diagonally across the nail, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Blauvelt | New York | Tri Seal Holdings | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam a resin clog in a spin dryer. The rotating blades inside the exit port amputated his left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-08 | Kenton | Ohio | Durez Corporation | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was attempting to dislodge a blockage from the transfer line. The steam was shut off, but pressure remained in the line. When the blockage was dislodged, hot resin (200 degrees Celsius) sprayed down into the drum and onto the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Columbus | Georgia | Stepan Company | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was transporting drums of finished polyester resin to a reactor for rework. When he removed the bung on one of the drums, the polyester resin splashed his face, causing a chemical burn. | |||||
| 2019-08-12 | Port Gibson | Mississippi | ENTERGY Grand Gulf | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was tightening bolts on a resin tank. The employee was using a slugging hammer, which hit and crushed the employee's finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Wichita | Kansas | Wescon Plastics LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was loosening up plastic resin on a machine. An air bubble popped and resin got on the employee, causing a burn. | |||||
| 2019-06-12 | Anniston | Alabama | CTS SERVICES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cutting a stainless steel line with a chop saw. Residual radiation-curing resin inside the line sprayed out onto his chest, stomach, and thighs, causing second-degree burns. | |||||
| 2018-08-25 | Walworth | Wisconsin | Miniature Precision Components, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was working to free a press feed that became stuck when hot plastic resin contacted the employee's left hand, causing a second degree burn to the palm and fingers. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Erie | Pennsylvania | Haysite Reinforced Plastics, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping to steady a resin pump that was undergoing a troubleshooting test following maintenance on the pump. His finger entered the path of the pump coupling, which was moving up and down. When the pump closed, it pinched the his left index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | Seabrook | Texas | Polyone Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a scraping tool (located on the mixer's door) to remove resin from the bottom of the mixer when the door of the machine closed on the employee's arm pulling his arm into the drop area. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a fractured radius and second degree burns to the arm. | |||||
| 2018-05-05 | Panama City | Florida | Kraton Chemical, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
| An employee was trying to open a pastillator basket filter (turns resin product into quarter-inch beads) when the pressure built up underneath the filter, causing the liquid resin to splash onto and burn his face and right forearm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-14 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Neville Chemical Company | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Employee #1 was shutting down the system where molten resin goes through a filter prior to being cooled and processed on the belt. The employee tried to clean the material from the filter using nitrogen. The O-ring on the filter failed, allowing hot molten resin to spray out. The employee moved away from the area thinking that the pressure was relieved from the filter. When he returned with another employee, more molten resin sprayed out, burning both employees. | |||||
| 2018-03-23 | Houston | Texas | Polytex Fibers Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on the lamination line when he saw some hardened resin on a roller. He used a tool to try and remove the resin, but his hand was pulled into the rollers, resulting in a right index finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-12 | Pasadena | Texas | The Mundy Companies,Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning resin from a surface of a 16" globe valve and valve body. The globe valve closed and severed three fingers on the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Milwaukee Composites, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A maintenance employee was repairing a lift cylinder on a load transfer table where resin had built up when the cylinder dropped on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2017-08-19 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Formica Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| After cleaning out melamine resin lines that were blocked, an employee wanted to verify that a control valve was operating properly. While standing on a 4-foot ladder, the employee reached over to the far side of the valve and manually actuated the solenoid, causing the valve to open. The employee's right middle finger was in the valve to verify it was open when the employee lost their footing and released the solenoid. The valve then closed and amputated the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | Dalton | Georgia | H B Fuller Company | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was examining a tank of hot resin when the mixer turned on and hot resin overflowed onto the employee's arms. The employee was hospitalized for first degree burns to both arms. | |||||
| 2017-01-05 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | GLENROY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using compressed air to blow out an extrusion unit before completing a resin change over when the mechanical hopper gate closed, pinching and amputating the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | Grand Prairie | Texas | Poly-America | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was cleaning up granules that spilled onto the floor from a vent hole at the resin transfer system and amputated the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-07-07 | Delaware City | Delaware | Formosa Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cleaning out chunks of wet PVC resin from the side of a mixing machine. While he was attempting to remove the bolted-on steel plate, the plate (which was under pressure) blew out and struck the employee on the right hand and dorsal forearm. He sustained three broken fingers on his right hand, a torn-off fingernail, and lacerations to his right thumb and left dorsal forearm. | |||||
| 2016-04-15 | Leavenworth | Kansas | Central Bag Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a resin band with a bamboo knife when his hand was pulled into the fabric area. The lamination equipment pulled off part of his fingers (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | Saint Peters | Missouri | Zoltek Commercial Carbon Fiber | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| On November 19, 2015, an employee was mixing a batch of chemicals and spilled resin near his face, and on his hands and arms. At the time of the spill, he took a shower and returned to work. Days later he began to feel very ill and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Aurora | Ohio | Custom Pultrusions Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| While at the Pultrusion Machine, an employee was stepping down from a resin cart, twisted his back, and could not get back up. | |||||