BRIGHTON, COLORADO—
Intertape Polymer Group
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Intertape Polymer Group, 1095 S. 4th Ave, BRIGHTON, COLORADO 80601 on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On 10/13/2016 at approximately 5:30 am, an employee was cleaning a film tear out of a film line MDO roll section when his right hand got caught in the film line MDO roll section and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized and the right hand was amputated the next day.
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Intertape Polymer Group
An employee was removing woven fabric from a coater machine using scissors. The rollers caught the end of the scissors and twisted them and the employee's fingers, resulting in a fracture and lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to their little finger.
MENASHA, WISCONSIN—
Intertape Polymer Group
An employee was trying to guide a shaft (on a hoist) into the primary arms on a laminator. The clamps on the laminator were activated and closed on the employee's right ring finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO—
Intertape Polymer Group
An employee was working with a 12-foot coater machine. While changing a roll, the employee was caught in the material on the roll and pulled into the coater. The employee suffered a laceration to the head/face and was hospitalized.
MENASHA, WISCONSIN—
Intertape Polymer Group
An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.
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