Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112943.015 - Employee fractures forearm when caught in rotofeeder carouse

Accident Summary Nr: 112943.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 01/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1373801.015	01/25/2019		332431	Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on January 21, 2019, Employee #1 was removing ends from the Line 2 #1 Rotofeeder near the dispensing end. As she reached in, the carousel, equipped with ends loaded in each pocket, indexed, pinching her arm between a pocket and the frame of the rotofeeder. The employee received a broken forearm. The equipment was not locked out or deenergized prior to reaching in to retrieve the ends. The incident occurred indoors so weather was not a factor. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught In, Forearm, Fracture, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1373801.015	58	F	Hospitalized injury

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