Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130666.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when arm is caught by ma

Accident Summary Nr: 130666.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477995.015	06/05/2020		311919	Tortillacraft, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on April 23, 2020, an employee was preparing dough and decided to observe a coworker that was operating the ball machine. While the employee was observing, some balls of dough fell from the rotating baskets. The employee opened the machine, that was on set up mode, to remove the dough. The sprocket caught his white coat sleeve and his arm, resulting in a severe arm laceration, crush injury, open fracture, and radial artery injury. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Arm, Artery, Caught By, Clothing, Crushed, Food processing, Laceration, Machine operator, Open Fracture, Production Line, Set Up, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1477995.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury

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