Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103411.015 - Employee is struck by chain wheel and suffers multiple fract

Accident Summary Nr: 103411.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 02/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1297654.015	02/27/2018		322226	Westrock Mahrt Mill, Llc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on February 21, 2018, an employee was pulling a chain for a chain wheel to close an 8 inch ball valve for lockout/tagout purposes when the wheel separated from the handle and fell approximately 23 feet before striking the employee. The employee fractured his seventh vertebra and collarbone, and received forty seven staples in his head for a lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Chain, Collarbone, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Lockout/Tagout, Struck By, Vertebra, Wheel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1297654.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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