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Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

1 hospitalization · 2024076797 · 7/26/2024 · Altium Packaging-Columbus

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Altium Packaging-Columbus
Location
1917 Joyce Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam from the blow mold machine because bottles were stuck between the blow mold machine and the cooling bed. The employee stopped the cooling bed and used a resin rod that was approximately 24 inches long to knock the bottles down to the floor. As they reached for the bottles, the swing arms that grab the bottles from the blow mold machine and lay them on the cooling bed activated and struck the employee. The employee sustained a severe laceration to their left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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