Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170361778 - Employee ruptures tendon while lifting wood stock

Accident Summary Nr: 170361778 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/11/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125666495	03/13/1997	2421	0	Sierra Pacific Industries

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer/crew member at a door manufacturing facility, was tailing a molder. This required lifting 4 9/16 in. by 1 5/32 in. by 84 in. long stock two at a time from the molder outfeed onto a scissor lift. The outfeed conveyor was waist high and, at the time of the accident, the lift was stacked slightly higher than the conveyor. Employee #1 suffered a ruptured tendon in the area of his left biceps. He stated that he was not rushed at the time and was doing nothing out of the ordinary. The cause of the injury was undetermined.

Keywords: TENDON, SHOULDER, RUPTURE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125666495			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Stock handlers and baggers

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