Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163805 - Employee Struck by Load Ram

Accident Summary Nr: 201163805 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126058593	04/23/2002	3398	0	A Oldfield & M Garcia Dba Hi-Tech Heat Treating

Abstract: On April 16, 2002, Employee #1 was performing regularly assigned work on a heat treating machine that had a stuck ram. The ram was chain driven and was in a bind. Employee #1 was attempting to free the stuck ram and placed a pipe wrench on the chain drive shaft. Employee #1 pulled it toward himself causing the bind and the shaft to release and rotate quickly rotating and striking Employee #1 in the face just under the nose with the wrench handle. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where he was treated for three broken teeth and a crack in the roof of his mouth.

Keywords: CHAIN, WRENCH, PIPE WRENCH, STRUCK BY, FACE, DRIVE SHAFT, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126058593			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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