Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170253397 - Employee injured when caught in rotating shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170253397 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 03/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111508552	03/13/1990	2448	0	Select Wood Products Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 12, 1990, Employee #1 was sorting and stacking lumber at the green chain area of a mill. He noticed that scrap lumber had fallen into the middle of the green chain and went to remove it without shutting off the chain. Employee #1 was leaning over the unguarded rotating shaft to remove the scrap wood when two bolts protruding from the shaft caught his shirt and pulled him in. He sustained a severe fracture to the humerus of his right arm, lacerations to his abdomen, legs, and right armpit, and the loss of hair from behind his right ear.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, ABDOMEN, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, SHAFT, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111508552			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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