OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402043

PLY GEM PACIFIC WINDOWS CORPORATION

WEST SACRAMENTO, CA· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Cleaning, Controlled Access Zone, Contusion, Danger Area, Danger Zone, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Production Line, Welder, Welding, Window
NAICS: 332321
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345581912
Employer profile: PLY GEM PACIFIC WINDOWS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221402043
Report ID: 0950621

Event description

Employee bruises back, abdomen when struck by welder buffer

Investigation abstract

At 7:36 p.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee was working as a production worker for a window manufacturer operating the V3 #2200 Weld Machine. The employee was welding window frames together. The employee did not perform lockout/tagout before cleaning the Teflon on the weld machine. When the employee stepped into the machine, she was caught by the buffer trolley. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for bruises to her abdomen and back.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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