Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170612980 - Employee's forearm fractured when pinned by conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170612980 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/12/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119816320	10/18/1993	2051	0	Continental Baking Co.

Abstract: At approximately 10:35 p.m. on September 12, 1994, Employee #1 was removing a loaf of bread that was traveling on a conveyor. The conveyor is equipped with a gate that travels up to a top conveyor line and down to a bottom (bread wrapper #1) conveyor line. The gate operates hydraulically with two actuators operating at 350 psi. The conveyor automatically raised up to the top conveyor line and pinned Employee #1's right forearm between the conveyor and the conveyor line for bread wrapper #1. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento, where he was admitted for treatment of a compound fracture of his forearm. The gate was not guarded at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, WORK RULES, FOREARM, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CONVEYOR, UNGUARDED, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119816320			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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