Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120944.015 - Employee amputates arm while unjamming energized sorting mac

Accident Summary Nr: 120944.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405099.015	05/30/2019		562111	Cr&R Incorporated

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on May 8, 2019, an employee had been trying to remove a jam from an unguarded area of a Fosberg Model Destoner P10R Glass Sorting Machine. The employee was using a rebar pole and placed his right hand in an unguarded area of the machine which was struck by rotating metal paddles. The employee's arm was caught and forced upwards crushing it between the half inch gap between the rotating metal paddles and the frame of the machine. The employee fractures his arm, which was amputated midway, and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Crushed, Fracture, Guard, Hand, Hand Tool, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Rebar, Struck Against, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405099.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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