Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074432 - Employee's Arm Is Lacerated by Thermoforming Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201074432 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/23/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312680515	11/12/2009	3086	326150	Advanced Thermalforming Enterprise Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 23, 2009, Employee #1, a regular fulltime employee and one of 13 workers employed by a manufacturer of thermally formed plastic packaging products used in the medical industry, was working as the production floor supervisor. Employee #1 was adjusting a 4-inch-depth Brown pressure thermoforming machine with integral trim press (Model Number 2025; Serial Number 7748). The machine utilized hydraulic and pneumatic pressures during its production cycle. When employee #1 tried to recover a tool he had left inside the machine area, his left forearm was lacerated and permanently disfigured. Someone immediately took Employee #1 to Scripps La Jolla Hospital for treatment, and Employee #1 was hospitalized. The employer reported the injury to the Division at 8:55 a.m. on October 26, 2009.

Keywords: FOREARM, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, THERMOFORMER, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312680515			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors, production occupations

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