Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100116.015 - Employee's arm and hand are crushed between rolls of carpet

Accident Summary Nr: 100116.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 10/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1272521.015	10/24/2017		314110	Shaw Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:45 p.m. on October 15, 2017, Employee #1 was starting a roll of carpet on the roll handler. He used his hand to start the carpet roll and, in doing so, got it caught between the live roll and idler roll on the machine. The employee was pulled between the two rolls and sustained a crushing injury to his arm and hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Arm, Carpet, Caught Between, Crushed, Hand, Machine Guarding, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1272521.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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