Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129087.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when caught in Cracker Bre

Accident Summary Nr: 129087.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 07/30/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486070.015	07/31/2020		311821	Westminster Cracker Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on July 30, 2020, while at the Cracker Breaker, an employee was attempting to push slabs of crackers off the end of the First Line conveyor that were caught up on the conveyor belt into the Cracker Breaker Auger. When the employee pushed the slabs into the Cracker Breaker, the Auger grabbed his hand and pulled his hand and arm into the Auger. The employee sustained punctures to the arm and hand and fractures to the forearm in four places and was admitted and treated at the hospital.

Keywords: Arm, Auger, Caught Between, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Puncture

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1486070.015	50	F	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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