Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201164258 - Employee injured while un-jamming a machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201164258 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126108489	10/23/2002	2086	0	Coca Cola Bottling Co

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on October 20, 2002, Employee #1 was operating a pallet sorting system, a Smetco Pallet Sort System custom made for the company. He was standing in front of a sort table pulling pallets off the upender. He saw a pallet jammed at the pallet stack upender and he reached out for the pallet. He accidentally released the foot pedal and the right flipper arm fell down and hit him on the left side of his head. He sustained a 4-inch cut on the left side of the head and a 1-inch cut on the right side. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, FOOT CONTROL, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, PALLET, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126108489			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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