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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1568613.01512/13/2021327215Owens-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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