Electric Housewares and Household Fan Manufacturing
Industry Summary
Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in FORT WORTH, TE on Tuesday, August 16th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Lasko Products, Inc.. A had been injured when the contact with hot objected or substances
NarrativeAn employee was removing a solidified plastic plug from the plastic injection port of a molding machine when pieces of hot plastic contacted the employee's skin, causing thermal burns to the right forearm.