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Accident Summary Nr: 134790.015 - Employee fractures forearm when hand is caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 134790.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/08/2021
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1519299.01503/09/2021492210Ontrac Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on March 8, 2021, an employee, a maintenance technician, was adjusting the conveyor belt that had shifted to one side. He and his coworker extended the max reach #57 all the way and left it running to see what direction the belt was moving. Then, they performed lockout/tagout on it. The coworker received a call and then left the work area to do another job after removing his lockout/tagout. The employee does not remember who removed his lockout/tagout. He was adjusting the bolt of the pulley of the conveyor belt with a wrench but does not remember how his hand got caught in the machine. The employee sustained a fracture to his left forearm. He had no movement in his left-hand fingers and wrist. He stayed in the hospital for 2.5 weeks.

Keywords: Adjust, Arm, Bolt, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, E GI IV (no lockout), Finger, Forearm, Fracture, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Pulley, Technician, Wrench, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1519299.015 28 M Hospitalized injury Machinery maintenance occupations

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