Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142090.015 - Employee injures leg and back in fall from conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 142090.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 12/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569530.015	12/20/2021		423930	K&W Materials And Recycling, Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 18, 2021, an employee was standing on the sort line conveyor machine to clean debris off of the magnet without the machine energy sources being isolated and locked out. When a coworker turned on the machine, the employee fell to the floor and suffered an unspecified injury to legs and back that required hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Belt Conveyor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearing, Conveyor, Debris, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Start Button

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1569530.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury

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