Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201504818 - Employee Fractures Leg When Pump Housing Shatters

Accident Summary Nr: 201504818 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307334151	07/01/2004	3089	326199	Kennerly-Spratling, Inc

Abstract: At 10:50 a.m. on June 19, 2004, Employee #1 was checking the pump rotation on a molding machine that had been moved from another building. This check was a step in returning the machine to operational status. Shortly after the machine was started and the pump was pressurized, the pump housing shattered and a large piece of the it struck Employee #1's lower left leg. He was hospitalized for a fracture. There were no indications of failure before it occurred, nor had any similar incidents occurred previously.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, SET UP, PUMP, PRESSURE RELEASE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307334151			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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