Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170570691 - Employee's arm injured when caught in machine rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 170570691 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/29/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124667320	09/07/1994	2299	0	American Foam And Fabric

Abstract: Employee #1 cut the cloth laminating machine down to a slow speed in order to clean the revolving rolls. Employee #1 was scraping the rolls with a razor blade when he was caught in the nip points created by the revolving rolls. Employee #1's arm was pulled in between the two compression rolls, causing pulled muscles in his wrist and arm. No guard was provided for the nip points.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, ARM, NIP POINT, SPRAIN, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124667320			Hospitalized injury	Other	Machine operators, not specified

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