Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137363.015 - Employee breaks arm when caught between pallet and printing

Accident Summary Nr: 137363.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1543198.015	07/22/2021		323113	Sunday Cool, Llc

Abstract: At 4:20 a.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a screen printer stuck his right arm between pallets to check a T-shirt ink machine. A coworker turned on the machine and caught the employee's arm between the machine and the pallets. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken arm.

Keywords: Arm, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Communication, Crushed, Fracture, Machine operator, Material Handling, Miscommunication, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1543198.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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