Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143418.015 - Employee fractures arm when caught in wrapping machine

Accident Summary Nr: 143418.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 01/28/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1576321.015	02/03/2022		312111	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 28, 2022, an employee was operating a KHS Kister wrapping machine when he stopped to retrieve Dasani water bottles. The bottles had fallen over the edge and were not detected by the machine sensing eye. As the employee attempted to retrieve the bottles he failed to stop the machine first. The employee caught his right arm in a machine pinch point and fractured his ulna, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Catch Point, Caught In, Energized, Food processing, Fracture, Guard, Inexperience, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pinched, Safety Device, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1576321.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, production occupations

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