Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123910.015 - Employee's hand is crushed between conveyor belt and guard

Accident Summary Nr: 123910.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 02/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1462303.015	02/12/2020		326199	Moore Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on February 10, 2020, an employee was operating a horizontal injection molding machine while it was set up to run rear wheel flares. Between machine cycles, the employee went to remove runners that had collected along the guard of the conveyor. One of the runners was stuck between the guard and the conveyor belt and the employee grabbed the runner to dislodge it when his hand was pulled by the conveyor under the metal guard. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted to treat degloving and crushing injuries to his lower left arm and hand.

Keywords: Arm, Clearing, Conveyor, Crushed, Crushing, Debris, Degloving, Guard, Hand, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Molding Machine, Pulled In, Removing, Stuck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1462303.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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