Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201494499 - Employee's Hand Caught in Straw Blanket Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201494499 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 06/08/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312916950	07/20/2010	0761	115115	Torres Farm Labor Contractor, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a farm worker, got his right hand caught in the upper rollers of the automatic roll up unit of a straw blanket machine. Employee #1 attempted to manually dislodge straw material, impacted between the rollers, which caused severe laceration and dislocation of three fingers and fractures of the forearm. He was hospitalized for five days at a regional community medical center.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, FOREARM, LACERATION, BALER, ARM, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312916950			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Rolling machine operators

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