Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170170344 - Employee's forearm caught and injured by ram

Accident Summary Nr: 170170344 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112029046	06/01/1992	2421	0	The Pacific Lumber Company

Abstract: On May 26, 1992, Employee #1 was operating a banding machine. A unit of lumber was being fed into the machine and the automatic process had been started by Employee #1. The automatic cycle starts with a hydraulic ram that slowly descends from the top. Then the rams from the side squeeze the lumber unit for automatic banding. This automatic cycle takes about 15 seconds and during that time the operator is free to move around. After starting the cycle, Employee #1 saw a sticker sticking out where the banding waste would be taking place. The top ram was still descending and the side ones had not started when Employee #1 reached in past the side ram and broke the sticker. His shirt sleeve and watch band became hung up on the broken sticker and the side ram crushed his forearm.

Keywords: CLOTHING, HYDRAULIC RAM, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, FOREARM, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, MACHINE--MISC, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112029046			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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