Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania in LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania Report ID 20181213187
Address 60 East Main Street City, State ZIP LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA 17540
Event Date December 26, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding machinery
Industry (NAICS) 326140 Inspection # 1369706
GPS Coordinates 40.08000, -76.17000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning rollers on an extruder with a rag. The employee's right arm was caught in an ingoing nip point, suffering an injury that required hospitalization and surgery. Lockout/tagout was not in effect and the nip point did not have a guard at the time.

Incident Summary

On December 26, 2018, a worker at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania in LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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