OSHA Injury Report: Fitesa Indiana LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The operators had just removed a previous doff from the winder new roll began to wind when the operator noticed that there was film hanging down from the roll

What happened

The employee reached over the outside spindle bypassing the safety mat and attempted to tuck the film into the running roll when his hand was grabbed by the roll and layon nip pulling him into the winder. The roll continued to wind due to his legs being over the outside spindle and not on the safety mat which caused 1st degree friction burns on his arm and a non displaced fracture in his wrist

Injury or illness

Right arm 1st degree friction burns on his arm and a non displaced fracture in his wrist

Object or substance involved

Running winder with film

Summary line

Friction burns and non-displaced fracture of the wrist when caught in running roll

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.