Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201203064 - Employee Fractures Hands When Caught in Rotating Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201203064 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 02/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309420339	02/10/2006	2499	321999	Charles R Hepner
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309420370	02/13/2006	7363	561320	Cardinal Services Inc

Abstract: On February 8, 2006, Employee #1 was off-loading product from a double pointer saw and walked over to speak to another worker on the opposite side of the machine. As Employee #1 bent over, his sweatshirt became entangled in the slow rotating horizontal shaft. While pulling his shirt free, both hands became entangled. The machine pulled both forearms around the shaft, fracturing them in two places and breaking his right hand. Other employees cut Employee #1 free from the machine, called for the ambulance and rendered first aid. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital for treatment and surgery. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: LOADING, ROTATING SHAFT, FOREARM, SAW, ENTANGLED, HAND, FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309420339			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction
2	309420370					Occupation not reported

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