Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141927.015 - Employee fractures forearm when hand is caught in conveyor b

Accident Summary Nr: 141927.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568613.015	12/13/2021		327215	Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on December 5, 2021, an employee was sweeping up broken glass particles from the floor around the reject (cullet) conveyor on a production line. The employee was using a small broom to sweep when the tail end of the conveyor caught her left hand and pulled her arm into the conveyor. The employee fractured her forearm and hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Belt, Caught By, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Engineering Controls, Forearm, Fracture, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Pulled In, Pulley

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568613.015	54	F	Hospitalized injury		Quality Assurance Inspector

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