Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201050192 - Employee's arm amputated when caught in shredder

Accident Summary Nr: 201050192 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 11/02/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300774858	11/04/1996	5093	0	Primo Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, age 20, was feeding approximately 0.006 in. thick by 20 ft long by 18 in. wide plastic sheets into a shredder when one of the pieces wrapped around his right arm. His arm was pulled into the machine and amputated. The machine drive was a 200 hp motor-driven propeller.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ARM, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300774858			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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