Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130043.015 - Employee retrieving bag breaks hand when struck by mixing bl

Accident Summary Nr: 130043.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 10/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495775.015	10/05/2020		324121	Mcconnell And Associates

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on October 2, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a paving materials and concrete block manufacturer was adding bags of sand to a mixing tank. An empty bag dropped through the opening into the mixer. The employee attempted to retrieve the bag when his hand was struck by the mixing paddle. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left hand.

Keywords: Asphalt, Broken Bone, Catch Point, Dropped, Fracture, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lost Control, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Reaching, Reaching In, Sand, Tank, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1495775.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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