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Accident Summary Nr: 14215628 - APRON CAUGHT IN ROTATING HAND WHEEL, EMPLOYEE FATALLY HURT

Accident Summary Nr: 14215628 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/28/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15342611	01/25/1985	2211	0	Inman Mills

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A WEAVER IN A TEXTILE PLANT. AS SHE WAS THREADING THE WINDER HER APRON CAUGHT ON A ROTATING HAND WHEEL. SHE WAS PULLED INTO THE LOOM, SUFFERING MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS AND SEVERAL BROKEN RIBS. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT HOME WHILE RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS A BLOOD CLOT, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO LOOMS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE HAND WHEEL WAS LOCATED ON A PICKNOL LOOM #316, AND OPERATED AT 230 RPM.

Keywords: CLOTHING, BLOOD CLOT, FRACTURE, ROTATING SHAFT, ABRASION, RIB, ENTANGLED, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15342611			Fatality	Fracture	Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators

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