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Accident Summary Nr: 109087.015 - Employee is struck by fan blade assembly and injures nose an

Accident Summary Nr: 109087.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1345988.015	09/12/2018		332410	Alfa Laval Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 p.m. on September 10, 2018, Employee #1 was inserting an air seal below the industrial fan blades. The coworker below him was trying to adjust the sheave on the bottom of the fan shaft. Employee #1 hit the sheave with a hammer trying to lower the assemble when the shaft dropped pinning the employee above between the fan blade assembly and the wall supporting the shaft. Employee #1 suffered a crushed nasal cavity and shattered eye socket. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blade, Crushed, Eye, Face, Locking Pins, Lockout/Tagout, Nose, Pinned

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1345988.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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