OSHA Injury Report: Buckeye IG

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Retracting a unit on the conveyor

What happened

An anneal unit 4x5 and approximately 50s came down the IG Line. The alarm on [REDACTED] activated due to a barcode fault. This caused the line to stop with the unit on the upstream split conveyor inside the masker guarding. The injured employee [REDACTED] manually slid the unit back upstream on the conveyor to gain access to the label unit ID on the backside. The [REDACTED] placed both gloved hands on the unit to push it upwards and in doing so the right middle finger was injured. The [REDACTED] walked over to the computer to process the barcode and removed his glove to see what was wrong with the finger. The finger was bent at the joint and unable to straighten the finger. Immediately reported the incident to the line manager.

Injury or illness

Inflammation-Swelling Tenderness Pain and Redness

Object or substance involved

force of retracting unit

Summary line

Inflammation Swelling Tenderness Pain and Redness to Right Hand caused by force of retracting unit

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.