Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing

NarrativeOn October 26, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured corrugated and solid fiber boxes. The employee was feeding corrugated material into a hopper. He had allowed the hopper to run out of corrugated material. He observed a piece of paper at the infeed of the machine. As he reached and grabbed the piece of paper, his hand was pulled into the feed rollers of the machine. His left hand and wrist were crushed. Surgical amputation was required. He was hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on September 1, 2017, an employee was working at a manufacturing company specializing in custom packaging and corrugated cardboard boxes. The employee regularly cleaned around the facility and observed how to operate the Apstar Stacking Machine. The Apstar Stacking Machine, stacks finished cardboard into set qualities that are later packaged and shipped to the customer. The machine is automatic and has a sensor to identify when the desired quantity has been reached. When the cardboard stack reaches an appropriate height, a bar that holds the stack of cardboard is retracted and the stack of cardboard falls onto a conveyor and then is palletized and shipped. The employee noticed what he thought was the cardboard being stacked improperly by the machine. The employee leaned into the machine and placed his hand under a stack of cardboard. As the employee leaned in, his head passed through the sensor which triggered the bar holding the cardboard stack to retract. The tip of the employee's right ring finger was amputated.

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on August 17, 2017, Employee #1 was driving a forklift his normal duty, and he saw a pallet of product was stuck on a conveyor. When the Employee #1 saw Coworker#1 step onto the conveyor that was stopped, he stepped onto the conveyor to assist in manually shifting a pallet of cartons into a better position. Coworker #2 was at the conveyor controlls and started the conveyor. Two conveyor sections usually operate in the same direction. One section was started in a reverse direction, two belts converge at a 1/2 inch gap. Employee #1's left foot was pulled onto the 1/2 inch gap between the two conveyors causing the crushing injury. Employee #1 sustained severe damage to his left foot. Skin from the top and bottom of the Employee #1's foot was scraped off and he had sustained broken bones.