Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133341.015 - Employee compresses arm when caught in tobacco slitting mach

Accident Summary Nr: 133341.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 09/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1492662.015	09/14/2020		312230	Nuway Tobacco Company

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on September 11, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a tobacco manufacturer was attempting to thread tobacco paper into a slitting machine. The rollers caught the employee's arm pulling it into the machine and trapping him between two rollers. The employee was hospitalized to treat a compression injury to his arm.

Keywords: Arm, Catch Point, Compression, Compression Injury, Contusion, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Paper, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller--Mach/Part, Slitter, Trapped

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1492662.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Mail preparing & paper handling machine operators

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