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Accident Summary Nr: 14296412 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN COMPACTOR DOOR STRUCK HIS ELBOW

Accident Summary Nr: 14296412 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18866210	01/26/1988	2711	0	Chesapeake Publishing Corporation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A STATIONERY COMPACTOR. AS THE RAM RETURNED FROM A COMPACTING CYCLE, THE DOOR STARTED MOVING ALONG WITH THE RAM. (THE DOOR IS DESIGNED TO OPEN AFTER THE RAM HAS COMPLETED 2/3RDS OF IT'S CYCLE.) EMPLOYEE #1 NOTICED THAT SOME PAPER STUCK BETWEEN THE RAM AND DOOR CAUSED THE DOOR TO TRAVEL WITH THE RAM. AS HE REACHED IN WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND PULLED THE PAPER OUT, THE DOOR FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE ELBOW. AS SOON AS THE RAM HAD COMPLETED 2/3RDS OF IT'S CYCLE, THE DOOR OPENED AGAIN AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE HIS ARM.

Keywords: WORK RULES, JAMMED, TRASH COMPACTOR, STRUCK BY, ELBOW, FALLING OBJECT, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18866210			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Printing machine operators

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