Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201175775 - A 200 Lb Bag Lands on Worker's Hand, Fracturing It

Accident Summary Nr: 201175775 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125715292	05/06/2004	7213	812331	Aramark Uniform Services Inc

Abstract: On April 15, 2004, Employee #1, a garment folder pulled on an overhead blue cord that allowed laundry bags full of clean uniforms to enter the overhead area in her work station. Employee #1 then pulled on a second overhead cord, but released it too soon, and one of the two trolleys (wheels that glide the overhead bags) came off the track. Several coworkers attempted to pull a jammed bag to free it and move it closer to Employee #1, when a second set of trolleys came off its track. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured hand, when a bag weighing approximately 200 pounds fell from the overhead track and landed on the back of her hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, LOAD SHIFT, WORK STATION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALLING OBJECT, HAND, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125715292			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators

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