21-year-old employee loses four fingers on his first day
Company did not report amputation, as required by OSHA
The first day on the job for a new employee ended tragically when the 21-year-old man suffered severe burns and the loss of four fingers on his right hand as he tried to clear a jam in a plastic molding machine. The man had been working for a few hours when the incident occurred at an Elyria manufacturer.
OSHA cited his employer, Quality Blow Molding Inc., for two willful, two repeated and one other-than-serious violation on Aug. 12.