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Signature Brands, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Cuts, lacerations — OCALA, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Signature Brands, LLC in OCALA, FLORIDA
Employer Signature Brands, LLC Report ID 2017087339
Address 1900 SW 38th Avenue City, State ZIP OCALA, FLORIDA 34474
Event Date August 2, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311340 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.16000, -82.18000

Incident Narrative

An employee changed a former machine setting to make a smaller popcorn tin container and then energized the machine. He found that one of the tin sheets was jammed and was trying to unjam it when the machine was activated. His left hand was caught between the forming mechanism and the mandrel (forms the tin sheet to a cylinder), lacerating it and requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On August 2, 2017, a worker at Signature Brands, LLC in OCALA, FLORIDA suffered cuts, lacerations to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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