OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221361819

CIE USA DBA CENTURY PLASTICS LLC

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI· 2021-05-29T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Belt Conveyor, Caught By, Cleaning, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Elbow, Engineering Controls, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Wrist
NAICS: 326199
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345354187
Employer profile: CIE USA DBA CENTURY PLASTICS LLC
Summary number: 221361819
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee lacerates arm when pulled into belt conveyor end ro

Investigation abstract

At 2:35 p.m. on May 29, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a plastics manufacturer was cleaning the glue from a white belt conveyor on the 3053 glue roller. The employee placed his right hand between the belt underneath the conveyor to clean glue buildup while the conveyor was running. The employee caught his hand and his arm was drawn into the idler end roller. The employee was hospitalized to treat a 4-inch-wide laceration that extended from wrist to elbow.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
2

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