OSHA Injury Report: Arglass, LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee was completing manual swabbing procedures of the blank side of the IS forming machine. This procedure involves stopping the desired section (of 12) and inserting a lubricated cotton swab to apply lubricant to the mold cavity and surrounding parts.

What happened

Based on video review the employee appears to depress the stop button on at least two sections of the machine. Proper procedure would only allow for one section of the machine to be stopped at any given time for swabbing. The employee then turns away from the machine to replenish the lubricant on his swab. When the employee returns to the machine [REDACTED] he mistakenly attempts to insert the swab in a section just to the left of the sections he’d previously stopped resulting in a gob of molten glass falling onto his right hand. The employee was wearing proper hand protection at the time of the incident.

Injury or illness

Thermal burns to the right hand.

Object or substance involved

Gob of molten glass

Summary line

Thermal burn from glass gob to back of right hand palm and fingers

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.