Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140407.015 - Employee fractures and burns his arm when caught in conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 140407.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 05/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1533472.015	05/27/2021		321212	Ampine Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 15, 2021, an employee working as a millwright for a composite particle board manufacturer was servicing an MJ [Moreen-Johnson] Trim Saw Belt. The employee and a coworker (electrician) had just adjusted the tension on the belt. The employee was attempting to locate the source of a noise he heard while the belt was running. The employee had just finished changing the bearings on the trim belt. They started the belt so they could adjust the belt tracking. As they were doing this, the employee heard a rattling in the belt mechanism. He stopped the belt tracking activity and with the belt still running he started looking for the source of the rattling. He did not see any issues outside the belt so he took out his flashlight and looked under the belt to get a different perspective. As he was looking under the running belt, he lost his balance and reached out to brace himself. As he did this, he caught his hand and arm in the moving belt and was pulled into the belt and rollers. The coworker immediately shut down the belt. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures, burns, and bruising to his left forearm.

Keywords: Adjust, Arm, Belt, Belt Conveyor, Broken, Broken Bone, Burn, Catch Point, Caught Between, Contusion, Conveyor Belt, Electrician, Engineering Controls, Forearm, Fracture, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lost Balance, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance, Malfunction, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Noise, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plywood, Production Line, Pulled In, Repair, Saw, Tension, Troubleshooting, Unsafe Position, Wood, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1533472.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights

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