Bay Polymer, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 19, 2010: Worker crushes fingers on forklift truck

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on February 19, 2010, Employee #1 and a coworker were removing a screw that ran through an extruder machine. The screw had become stu ck, and they were using the forks of a Toyota forklift to push the screw back in to the machine. The coworker was operating the forklift, which had a "side shift er" carriage. He raised the forks to align them horizontally with the screw, whi le Employee #1 stood next to the forklift, directing his coworker. When Employee #1 placed his right hand on the right side of the forklift carriage for support , the middle and ring fingers of that hand were crushed between the load rest an d the carriage.

Incident on Sep 9, 2008: Employee gets a fractured rib by getting hit by a forklift c

On September 9th 2008, Employee #1 of Bay Polymer was on his truck moving a pall et with a pallet jack, when the forklift driver from Diversified Products MFG In c hit the gas pedal instead of the brake hitting Employee #1. Employee #1 was ta ken to the hospital for his injuries, to include fracture of right rib. Employee #1 spent 2 days in the hospital.

Incident on May 8, 2006: Employee fractures foot when shredder blades are activated

On the evening of May 8, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a general laborer for the Bay Polymer Corporation, cleaning debris from a plastic shredder. The machin e was turned off, but it was not deenergized or locked out. Employee #1 entered the energized shredder through the throat rather than through the interlocked do ors. As he was inside the shredder, someone energized the machine, activating th e blades. The blades struck Employee #1's left foot, fracturing a bone in the fo ot or in the ankle. He was hospitalized.