Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170813133 - Employee's hand and arm injured in chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 170813133 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111951133	03/02/1995	2033	0	Nestle Foods Dba Contadina Foods

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on November 21, 1994, Employee #1, of Nestle Food Co., was removing cans from under a pallet hoist of a combination palletizer/depalletizer, model 300-30P/M PLC2/20. When she reached into the hoist area, her hand passed an electric eye, actuating the conveyor that transports pallets to the hoist. Employee #1 lost her balance and fell into the chain and sprocket, which grabbed her glove and pulled her into the shaft. Employee #1's left arm was wrapped around the shaft. She sustained multiple fractures to her arm and a thumb injury that required surgical amputation.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, GLOVE, THUMB, SPROCKET, ARM, ENTANGLED, LOST BALANCE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111951133			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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