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Accident Summary Nr: 139550.015 - Employee fractures arm, lacerates hand when pulled into conv

Accident Summary Nr: 139550.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 09/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554896.015	09/27/2021		311230	Kellogg Company

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working for a breakfast cereal manufacturer was using a stepladder to access an overhead conveyor belt. The employee was removing accumulated material from the conveyor belt when he lost his balance. He reached out to stabilize himself and grabbed the tension roller with his right hand. The running belt pulled his hand and forearm in between the tensioner and belt. The employee then tried again to stabilize himself by grabbing something with his left hand, which got caught as well. The employee was hospitalized to treat a compound fracture to his right humerus and radius and a laceration to his left hand.

Keywords: Arm, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Caught By, Clearing, Climbing on Ladder, Compound Fracture, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Ladder, Lost Balance, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Production Line, Pulled In, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1554896.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury

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