Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100811.015 - Employee's arm is caught in conveyor belt and is fractured

Accident Summary Nr: 100811.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1277961.015	11/17/2017		321211	Universal Production Corporation

Abstract: At 11:15 p.m. on November 12, 2017, Employee #1 was performing "off-bear" duties at the end of a 17 foot veneer slicing machine conveyor belt output. He reached into an operational conveyor with a gloved left hand to retrieve scrap. The glove got caught in the ingoing nip point of the bottom belt and his arm was pulled under the conveyor belt mechanism. The employee suffered multiple arm fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

Keywords: Arm, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Fracture, Glove, Lockout, Nip Point, Slicer, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1277961.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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