Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. at Anchor Glass Container Corporation
Start: 3/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032279 · 3/12/2017 · Anchor Glass Container Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Anchor Glass Container Corporation
Location: 601 E. Bollinger Road, HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA, 74437
NAICS: 327213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a plunger on the press-and-blow machine. The machine was shut down, but the safety device to keep the blanks open was not installed. When the employee activated the machine with his left hand in the machine, the hot blanks closed on his hand causing burns and bruising.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown