Sealing Equipment Products Company, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation - Cuts, lacerations - ALABASTER, Alabama
| Employer | Sealing Equipment Products Company, Inc. |
| Address | 123 Airpack Industrial Road |
| City, State ZIP | ALABASTER, Alabama 35007 |
| Report ID | 2018010797 |
| Event Date | January 24, 2018 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Cuts, lacerations |
| Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Source of Injury | Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 339991 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.19000, -86.78000 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee changed out two full bobbins of yarn on a spooling machine, reloaded the machine with two new empty bobbins, wrapped the fiberglass yarn around the two bobbins, and pressed the start button with the left hand while the right hand was on one of the bobbins. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were then caught and pulled into the bobbin, and the yarn abraded/cut the inside of these two fingers.
Incident Summary
On January 24, 2018, a worker at Sealing Equipment Products Company, Inc. in ALABASTER, Alabama suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
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