Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170825871 - Employee injured when caught in pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 170825871 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 11/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302885835	11/12/1999	2299	0	Tedco Industries, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was trying to squeeze through a 12 in. wide space between a wall and the pulley for a flat belt when his clothes became caught and he was pulled into the belt. He was unable to free himself until the belt came off and he was thrown against a wall. Employee #1 sustained two fractures to his jaw, two fractured vertebrae, and fractured ribs. The pulley was not guarded.

Keywords: CLOTHING, CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, PULLEY, CONVEYOR BELT, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302885835			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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