Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201496536 - Employee Is Struck in Face When Pliers Slip from Zip Tie

Accident Summary Nr: 201496536 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315075291	05/22/2012	2652	322213	W & T Plemons

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 25, 2012, an employee was working as an assembler at the W & T Plemons paperboard box assembly plant in Parlier, CA. He was using a pair of pliers to tighten a zip tie. The pliers slipped off the zip tie, and the employee struck himself in his face with the pliers and his hand. He sustained an undisplaced fracture in the nasal bone on the left side of the midline. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, NOSE, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL, FACE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315075291			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Assemblers

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