Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121943.015 - Employee fractures arm when reaching into energized conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 121943.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 11/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446985.015	11/20/2019		452910	Walmart Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on November 9, 2019, an employee working for a retail products distribution center was operating a powered conveyor that puts labels on boxes before shipping. The employee reached under the machine to retrieve a label that fell off a box when his arm contacted the powered roller. The employee fractured his arm and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blind Reaching, Caught In, Conveyor, Distribution Center, Energized, Fracture, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Power Roller, Reaching, Retail, Roller--Mach/Part, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1446985.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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