Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170631477 - Employees' arms fractured in hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 170631477 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 06/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119866515	08/18/1994	5162	0	Pacific Pioneer Plastic Company

Abstract: On June 3, 1993, and on June 21, 1994, Employees #1 and #2, respectively, were standing on a platform that holds a gaylord of plastic full of plastic film and sheeting at Pacific Pioneer Plastics in Los Angeles, CA. This is manually fed into the opening of the Poly-Puff grinder (which has a stop bar just in front of the opening of the hopper). Inside the hopper are two rotating and 10 stationary blades that grind the film and also pull the film in while employees are feeding the machine. Employees #1 and #2 sustained the same kind of injury in separate accidents when their arms were tangled in the plastic and pulled against the bar. Pressure was exerted, causing arm fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, SAFETY BAR, ARM, ENTANGLED, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119866515			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crushing and grinding machine operators
2	119866515			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crushing and grinding machine operators

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