Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170867097 - Employee's foot lacerated in screw conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170867097 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 09/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125674663	09/24/1998	0723	0	Boeger Rice Dryer, Inc.

Abstract: On September 21, 1998, Employee #1, a night dryer operator for a company that stores and dries rice, was blowing rice dust from the top of a screw conveyor when he stepped into an unguarded screw conveyor opening that he did not see. He sustained serious lacerations to his left foot, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, DUST, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, SCREW CONVEYOR, WORK RULES, LACERATION, FLOOR OPENING, HOUSEKEEPING, UNGUARDED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125674663			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors, related agricultural occupations

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