The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, August 21st 2012 by OSHA representitives in Universal City, CA after learning of an incident at Nbc Universal which had occured on Tuesday, August 14th 2012. A employee working as a Plasterer was injured on the job when the employee injured chest between equipment tables
Accident Date2012-08-14
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 14, 2012, Employee #1, working with NBC Universal, was forming sheet plastic. Employee #1 was operating the Bel- O- Vac (Vacuum Forming Machine; 53 by 103; Model E Class). As Employee #1 was removing a plastic sheet that had come off the upper table, the lower table on the vacuum forming machine caused Employee #1's chest to be caught between the lower and upper tables. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for contusions and abrasions for one night.