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OSHA Injury Report: Amcor Flexibles - Appleton

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Amcor Flexibles - Appleton in 2621 W. Everett St., Appleton, WI 54914 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was coater Operator in flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Amcor Flexibles - Appleton
Parent company
Amcor
Street
2621 W. Everett St.
City
Appleton
State
WI
ZIP
54914
On-site location
Primary Treater Station on Coater 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

Employee had a web break that wrapped around the anilox on the primary treater station. They belived that the web break was due to the edge guide failing which allowed the web to shift. Employee stopped the machine and proceeded to the area to clear the material wrap up

What happened

To clear the material wrap up the employee disengaged the blade chamber from the anilox and moved it to the open position. The open position exposes the doctor blades within the chamber. When pulling on the material to unwrap it the employee 's right elbow struck against the exposed doctor blade causing the laceration.

Injury or illness

Laceration to the right elbow requiring 4 sutures and an antibiotic

Object or substance involved

Used Doctor Blade

Summary line

Laceration to Right Elbow from contact with used [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
Coater Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326112 — Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
222
Total hours worked
467936
EIN
430178130
Establishment ID
1067982
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
11JAN24:17:02:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.