OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419278

OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER, INC.

ZANESVILLE, OH· 2021-12-05T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Belt, Caught By, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Engineering Controls, Forearm, Fracture, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Pulled In, Pulley
NAICS: 327215
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345686133
Employer profile: OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER, INC.
Summary number: 221419278
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee fractures forearm when hand is caught in conveyor b

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 p.m. on December 5, 2021, an employee was sweeping up broken glass particles from the floor around the reject (cullet) conveyor on a production line. The employee was using a small broom to sweep when the tail end of the conveyor caught her left hand and pulled her arm into the conveyor. The employee fractured her forearm and hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 54 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
7040

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