Safety Incidents

An employee was working with a golf ball washer machine. He was cleaning a belt on the side of the machine using a sponge. The sponge got caught by the rotating belt and was pulled in. The employee's right hand was pulled in as well and he sustained an amputation to a finger below the nail.

A temporary employee was working to remove a detached piece of rubber EPDM product that was hanging on the outside of a feed chute. As the employee grabbed the elongated material, the material reengaged inside the machine above the feed chute and pulled back, pinching their left index fingertip. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

The injured employee was working alongside a trainer. The trainer was adjusting the side fences that hold the wood in place as it passes through the molder. The injured employee was using compressed air to clean the area. They went to remove a sliver of wood to prevent a potential jam. The rollers activated, which processed material through the machine, caught the employee s glove, and pulled their hand toward the cutting head of the molder. The employee sustained lacerations to their right middle and ring fingers and an amputation to the distal phalanx of the middle finger.

An employee was checking for air flow from an automobile's engine fan. The fan caught his left hand and lacerated his index, middle, ring, and little fingers, with a partial amputation of the little finger.

An employee was working to fix film in a roll stock machine while it was in operation. The die box pinched and amputated his right middle fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.