Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171057979 - Employee injured when hair entangled in machine drive shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 171057979 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301161600	08/24/1999	2395	0	Creative Expressions

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at the back of a multi-head embroidering machine, trying to change the thread. She was bent over, selecting a spool of thread from a service cart, when her long hair became entangled in the rotating drive shaft. She sustained injuries, but was not hospitalized. The drive shaft had fifteen sections and this was the only location where the guard was not installed.

Keywords: HEAD, HAIR, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ENTANGLED, DRIVE SHAFT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301161600			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Machine operators, not specified

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