Envelope Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 1:30 p.m. on August 19, 2017, an employee was cleaning a gum build-up off the cylinders of the R2 527 WEB folding machine. The employee removed the guards that cover the cylinders, wrapped a small rag around his hand, and began pressing the start/stop buttons to inch the cylinders. The employee's rag was pulled into the machine along with his right hand pinky. The employee amputated the tip of his pinky and was transported to the Inland Valley Medical Center where he was hospitalized for twelve hours.

NarrativeAn employee was trying to release materials caught in the knife area at the end of the flexible bagging machine when the guillotine knife blade amputated the first joint of the left index finger.

NarrativeAn employee was pushing a stack of cardboard across the ground in front of her. The cardboard struck a fixed object on the ground and "jarred" the employee. The employee fell on her knee and cracked her patella. The employee was hospitalized.