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.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, August 16th 2016 by OSHA representitives in FORT WORTH, TE which had occured previously at Lasko Products, Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job 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.