Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200613396 - Employee's Arm Is Pulled Into Pasta Extractor, Fractures Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 200613396 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 01/25/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314045915	01/26/2011	2099	311823	Terra Cotta Pasta Company Inc.

Abstract: On January 25, 2011, Employee #1 was cleaning a La Parmigana Pasta Extractor. He needed to reach his arm inside the mixing hopper to unjam the machine, so he decided to bypass it safety lid interlock by making it in operable. However, the machine was still running as he reached into the machine. The rotating parts caught his arm. The tynes in the mixing hopper ripped through his foreman, breaking his arm. The company did not have a lockout/tagout program while cleaning machines. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, FOOD PREPARATION, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, ARM, UNGUARDED, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314045915			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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