Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124265.015 - Employee breaks arm while clearing rotating salt auger

Accident Summary Nr: 124265.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 02/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1465087.015	02/25/2020		561730	Southwest Landscape Management, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on February 19, 2020, an employee working for a landscaping service was clearing salt from the tray underneath an auger in a salt spreader truck bed. The bed was tilted up so the salt would fall into the auger and also gather in a tray underneath the auger. The auger was running when the employee reached near the motor side to swipe some salt away. He caught his glove on a bolt causing his arm to be pulled into the rotating auger. The employer does not have an energy control program. The employee broke the bones in his right forearm requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Bolt, Broken Bone, Caught By, Clearing, Fracture, Glove, Lack of Work Procedures, Landscaping, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pickup Truck, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1465087.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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