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EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN A SPARK FROM HIS WELDING MACHINE FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE GOT THIRD RING FINGER CAUGHT IN SLEEVER EQUIPMENT ON PACKAGING LINE WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST EQUIPMENT TO BETTER RUN PRODUCTION. FINGER WAS CUT LACERATIONS BUT NO STITICHES REQUIRED.

THERE WAS A JAMK-UP ON THE PACKAGING LINE WHERE EE WAS OPERATING THE SEALER MACHIEN (SEALS TOPS OF BAGS SHUT) EE DID NOT ACITIVATE ALL THE E-STOPS TO COMPLETELY SHUT POWER TO THE SEALER BEF ORE REACHING FOR THE JAMMED UP BAG. HER RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BELT AND HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED (ABOUT ONE-HALF WAY UP).

EMPLOYEE WAS WEALING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT. THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE BAG HAD NOT PROPERLY FILLED OUT & WHEN IT DID, THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT TOOK EMPLOYEE'S HAND WITH BAG INTO THE ROLLERS OF THE SEALER EQUIPMENT. CONTUSION OF LEFT HAND.

EE WAS DUMPING PRODUCT FROM LINE 1 SCALE INTO A DUMPSTER. AIRBORNE DUST PARTICLES ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED WITH EYE WASH, AND THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PROBLEMS. THE INJUR Y DATE WAS ON FRIDAY. MONDAY THE EE LET US KNOW THAT HIS EYE WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM, AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR. DR DIAGNOSED AN EYE INFECTION. NO PARTICLES WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY HOLDING TAPE CUTTER ON TAPE MACHINE IN UP POSITION WHEN RT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED AS HE PUSHED TO RELEASE FINGER CUTTING BLADE CAME DOWN & CUT TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON R T HAND HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL FOLLOWING DAY FINGER REQUIRED THREE STITCHES

HE ADVISED HIS SUPERVISOR ON 6/14/94 THAT HIS HAND [LEFT] HURT CONTINUOUSLY AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE REPETITIVE MOTION OF HIS JOB AS LINE OPERATOR.

EE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN THE BAG SEALER, THEN JERKED IT OUT CAUSING CONTUSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING PALLETS FROM PALLET PATIO WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE FLUSHED EYE WITH WATER BUT EYE WAS STILL IRRITATED ON 5-20-94 AND HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS.

A MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN THE CASE PACKING MACHINE OFF LINE TO TROUBLESHOOT A PLASTIC JUB JAMMING PROBLEM. THE EMPLOYEE CYCLED THGE MACHINE SEVERAL TIMES TO ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATI ON OF THE PROBLEM. AT ON POINT HE REACHED INTO THE MACHINE, TRIGGERED A PHOTOCELL AND CAUSED THE MACHINE TO CYCLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE MASHING OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE MACHINERY GUARD WAS OUT OF PLACE. HE STUCK HIS THUMB INTO THE MACHINE WITH THE MACHINE RUNNING SMASHING HIS THUMB. EMPLOYEE WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING F OR SAFETY VIOLATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A CHUTE THAT IS FROM 54-06 AIRLOCK TO 08-04 ELEVATOR. HE PLACED HIS HAND IN THE CHUTE TO FELL FOR ANY MAERIAL BUILD-UP, AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BY THE ROTARY AIRLOCK, AMPUTATING THE DIGIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE GUIDES ON THE BAG FLODING UNIT. HE WAS USING HIS RITHT HAND TO LOOSEN WING NUTS, AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS PLACED ON THE GUIDE BAR. HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BY THE BEVE L GEARS IN THE BAG FOLDING UNIT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SMALL PKG. LINE WHEN WRAPPER DID NOT WRAP. EMPLOYEE REACHED UNDER PLATFORM TO CHANGE PLASTIC WHEN HIS LEFT WRIST WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TABLE AND PLATFORM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CLAY FROM ROLLERS ON BARBER GREENE FEEDER. THE CLEANER BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE BELT & THE ROLLER PINCHING RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE CLEANER HANDLE & THE FEEDER FRAME.

EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE PLANT ON 02-01-93 & TOLE THE PLANT MANAGER HE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 01-21-93 WHILE WORKING ON THE LARGE PACK PALLETIZER HE STATED HE JAMMED HIS RT INDEX FINGER ON TOP PLAT E OF THE PALLETIZER HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL T REATMENT UNTIL 01-25-93 HE CALLED IN SICK THE ENTIRE WEEK OF JAN 25-JAN 29

EMPLOEYE STATES EYES WERE BURNED,FLASH BURNS,INJURED WAS WELDING ON KILN TIRE,I WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.WELDING FLASH WAS REFLECTING OFF RAIN DROPS AND FOG.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A HAND DRILL, DRILLING OUT BOLT WHEN SHAVINGS OF METAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE SCRATCHING HIS EYEBALL.

EE WAS WORKING WITH THE GRINDER DURING THIS DAY. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE DOESNT KNOW WHEN HE GOT THE PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. EE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK 2-22-OR 2-23 SAT AND SUND AY MONEY HIS EYE SEEM BETTER TUESDAY HIS EYE WASMUCH WORSE AND WE SENT HIM TO THE DR.

FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN SEALER MACHINE

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT DITCH FROM WHIRLPOOL AFTER HE CHANGED DUST TO WHIRPOOL AND THE DITCH STOPPED UP. EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK INTO DITCH WHERE WATER FROM THE SCRUBBER WAS RUNNING. WATER I N THIS DITCH WAS HOT AND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SCALDING TYPE INJURY ON BOTH LEGS FROM THE ANKLES TO THE KNEES WHICH RESULTED INF IRST, SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS.

EE WAS STACKING PRODUCT ON THE AIR TABLE WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS EYE AND EMBEDDED THERE.