Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170198592 - Employee's arms caught in cotton gin rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 170198592 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/27/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120096540	11/23/1993	0724	0	Caruthers Co Op

Abstract: Employee #1, the cotton gin superintendent, was using a 5 ft pole to clear the jam created by cotton balled up at the rollers. He poked the pole into the rollers, and when the rollers grabbed the pole, he did not let go. The rollers pulled his arms into the cotton gin.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, COTTON GIN, ARM, COTTON

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120096540			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, related agricultural occupations

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