Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1142332.015 - Pepro Enterprises Inc Dba Gemini Plastics

Inspection Information - Office: Miosha General Industry Safety & Health Division

Investigation Summary

At 5:15 p.m. on April 7, 2016, an employee was getting ready to feed plastic extrusion into a Chill Roller for production. The employee saw a small piece of plastic that had blown out of the extruder during purging operations and had melted onto one of the Chill Rollers. The plastic piece needed to be removed so that it did not transfer its imprint onto the production pieces. The employee had been trained to lockout the machine before cleaning the Chill Rolls. The employee was wearing a glove to protect from thermal energy located on the extruder. He reached past a guard that was open to feed the product and wiped the rotating roll with his right hand. The rolls have grains on them to transfer onto the product. These grains caught his gloved hand and pulled it into the in-running nip points of two rolls. The rolls had been opened to their maximum distance of 1 1/2 inches at the time. The employee sustained severe swelling, bruising of their right hand, and was hospitalized. Extrusion Line #13 Grain Chill Roller

Keywords: Crushing, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Roller--Mach/Part