Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170722367 - Employee's fingers crushed in pulley of belt conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170722367 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/12/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119668093	10/12/1995	4512	0	United Airline

Abstract: On June 12, 1995, Employee #1, who had been a customer service representative for a major airline company for three months, was loading mail into an airplane pit. He was standing next to a Cochran Cargo King belt conveyor, #BL350, attempting to retrieve a piece of misplaced mail from the plane pit when he inadvertently placed his gloved hand into an unguarded nip point underneath the conveyor. His glove and fingers were pulled into the dip-take up pulley and crushed; skin was also removed. Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Keywords: LOADING, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, PULLEY, CONVEYOR BELT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119668093			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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