Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141830.015 - Employee Cleaning Machine Is Caught And Pulled In, Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 141830.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 11/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1565043.015	11/19/2021		325211	Pleiger Plastics Company

Abstract: At 10:17 p.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was working as a laborer for a firm that manufactured plastic material and resin. He was cleaning the inside of the centrifuge of a sheet casting machine. The machine was energized. His cleaning pad got stuck in the machine, and he was pulled into the machine. The machine threw him back out. He hit his knee on the frame of the machine, and his leg was fractured. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: caught by, caught in, cleaning, fracture, frame, knee, leg, lockout, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, plastic mfg, polyester resin, pulled in, rotating parts, struck against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1565043.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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