Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170152425 - Employee injured when hair caught by embroidery machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170152425 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112220736	08/15/1991	2396	0	Golden Express Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1's hair became tangled in the spindle in the back of a Barudan computer-controlled embroidery machine, model BESRE-UG-12-T. She suffered neck, head, and back pain, and was transported to St. John's Hospital, where she was treated and released. The employer admitted that the back of the machine was improperly guarded and the hazard has been corrected.

Keywords: HEAD, ROTATING PARTS, HAIR, GUARD, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, BACK, SPINDLE, NECK, ENTANGLED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112220736			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Education teachers

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