Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477106.015	06/02/2020		321920	Elberta 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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