Other Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing

NarrativeAt approximately 8:15 a.m. on May 16, 2013, an accident occurred as Employee #1, a sander at a denim custom finishing company was heat pressing denim jeans with a top heat pneumatic press. Employee #1 was heat pressing denim jeans, while aligning the jeans in the press the heated platen closed on her right arm. Employee #1 stated that the pneumatically controlled heated platen came down without her pressing the buttons trapping her right hand between the heated platen and the jeans. employee #1 began screaming for help, pushing the control buttons, and trying to pull her hand out of the press. Employee #1 was not able to raise the heated platen but she was able to pull her right hand from under the heated platen. Employee #1 was taken to a local are hospital, where she was treated for third degree burns to her right hand, wrist, and forearm.

NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on April 3, 2012, an employee was operating a Practix OK-405RTR heat press machine that was not properly guarded at the point of operation. The employee's left hand was caught between two rollers, one of which was 420 degrees. The employee received burns to the left hand and was hospitalized. The severity of the employee burn were unspecified.

NarrativeOn January 19, 2010, Employee #1 suffered a triple aortic aneurysm. He was hospi talized at Mission Hospital for treatment until his death the following morning.