OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417488

PLASTIC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

COLUMBUS, OH· 2021-11-17T00:00:00

Event: Abrasive Burn, Adhesive, Cleaning, Finger, Fracture, Machine operator, Nip Point, Pulled In, Roller--Mach/Part, Trapped
NAICS: 326112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345675854
Employer profile: PLASTIC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Summary number: 221417488
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee injures hand when pulled in to rollers

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 p.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was cleaning adhesive from the rollers of a Nordmeccanica S.P.A. Super Simplex SL Laminating Machine with the power on and the rollers moving when his hand got pulled in to the ingoing nip point. The employee was trapped in the machine until a coworker was able to assist. The employee suffered a metacarpal fracture and skin burns and was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Event type
2

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