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Accident Summary Nr: 124785.015 - Employee is caught between motorized transfer cart and conve

Accident Summary Nr: 124785.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 03/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469706.015	03/13/2020		311513	Klondike Cheese Co.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on March 6, 2020, an employee was working as a laborer for a firm that made cheese. A motorized transfer cart that was part of the cheese drain conveyor system had become jammed. The employee was returning to his workstation when he stopped to help get the cart out of where it was stuck. The system was still energized. The employee became trapped in the pinch point between a fixed conveyor and the transfer cart. He suffered a fractured pelvis and a laceration. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Cart, Caught Between, Caught In, Conveyor, Food processing, Fracture, Laborer, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Pelvis

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1469706.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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