Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200361665 - Employee Fractures Arm When Caught by Rotating Taper Lock

Accident Summary Nr: 200361665 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/30/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317022036	05/01/2013	2011	311611	The Smithfield Packing Company, Incorporated

Abstract: On April 30, 2013, Employee #1 was working on the cut floor in line cryovac. The lines traveling on the shrink tunnel take away conveyor became jammed at a 90 degree turn. The employee went to the 90 degree turn on the take away conveyor to free the lines. Employee #1 reached her left arm over the conveyor's drive motor and gear box. The rotating taper lock components of the gear box were not guarded, and the employee's left arm sleeve became entangled in the rotating taper lock components. Employee #1 suffered a fractured arm. The employee was taken to an area hospital, where she was treated for an arm fracture. The employee was hospitalized for twenty-four hours.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, JAMMED, CONVEYOR, ARM, ENTANGLED, GEAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317022036			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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