Appleton, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Amcor Flexibles - Appleton
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Amcor Flexibles - Appleton in 2621 W. Everett St., Appleton, WI 54914 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was coater Operator in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Amcor Flexibles - Appleton
- Parent company
- Amcor
- Street
- 2621 W. Everett St.
- City
- Appleton
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54914
- On-site location
- Primary Treater Station on Coater 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Employee had a web break that wrapped around the anilox on the primary treater station. They belived that the web break was due to the edge guide failing which allowed the web to shift. Employee stopped the machine and proceeded to the area to clear the material wrap up
What happened
To clear the material wrap up the employee disengaged the blade chamber from the anilox and moved it to the open position. The open position exposes the doctor blades within the chamber. When pulling on the material to unwrap it the employee 's right elbow struck against the exposed doctor blade causing the laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the right elbow requiring 4 sutures and an antibiotic
Object or substance involved
Used Doctor Blade
Summary line
Laceration to Right Elbow from contact with used [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Coater Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326112: Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 222
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 467,936
- EIN
- 430178130
- Establishment ID
- 1067982
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 23:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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