Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170202444 - Employee's arm injured in screw conveyor auger

Accident Summary Nr: 170202444 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112091178	04/20/1992	2037	0	Glacier Foods

Abstract: Employee #1, a quality control worker for Glacier Foods, was performing a sanitation inspection of a screw conveyor on the baby food production line. She reached into the screw conveyor auger as it was slowly rotating to identify some metallic material in the auger trough. The flight bars at the ends of the two connecting blades, which were offset and 100 degrees apart, caught her left arm. She suffered severe trauma to her arm and was taken to Valley Medical Center for treatment.

Keywords: SCREW CONVEYOR, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, AUGER, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112091178			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Inspectors and compliance officers except constr.

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