Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142541.015 - Employee fractures arm when pulled into machine bypassing gu

Accident Summary Nr: 142541.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 12/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571279.015	01/06/2022		561720	Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., Ltd. (Llc)

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee was conducting some dry pickup in an area surrounding a PA-Line 5 Infeed Conveyor for the Cryovac. The employee noticed a plastic bag inside a drive belt and she removed the guard to the infeed conveyor to retrieve the bag. This was not part of the employee's normal cleaning procedures. As the employee reached in to remove the bag, the machine started up and pulled her arm into the gear and pully. The employee fractured her lower arm and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Crushed, Debris, Fracture, Gear, Janitor, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pulled In, Pulley, Reaching, Training, Unauthorized

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571279.015	39	F	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers

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