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Accident Summary Nr: 126593.015 - Employee sustains full head scalping on shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 126593.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 06/02/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1477106.01506/02/2020321920Elberta Crate & Box Co.

Abstract: At 4:56 a.m. on June 2, 2020, an employee was cleaning wooden floorboards around a horizontal shaft on the discharge end of a Rock Fastener Machine. While the employee was bent over manually cleaning the wood boards, the shaft actuated and caught the employee's hair. This action resulted in the employee's scalp being totally removed. The employee sustained injuries that included a full head scalping and the surgical removal of her right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Actuated, Board, Caught By, Cleaning, Drive Shaft, Ear, Floor, Hair, Machine Cycled, Scalp, Scalped, Wood

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1477106.015 43 F Hospitalized injury Machine operators, not specified

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