Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170886535 - Employee's arm injured when pulled into rotating shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170886535 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119683712	02/06/1997	7623	0	Cal-Air, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing bracing to the bearing support on a rotating shaft. The shaft had a coupling with exposed bolts that was within 20 in. of where he was working. Employee #1's jacket became entangled in the coupling, and his arm was pulled into the rotating shaft. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: CLOTHING, INSTALLING, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ARM, BRACING, ENTANGLED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119683712			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Technicians, n.e.c.

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