Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201523693 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Bar Caught in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201523693 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/08/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314821307	11/08/2010	5093	423930	Rubino Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 8, 2010, Employee #1, a metal recycling worker, was trying to free a piece of metal from a machine's magnetic drum, while the machine was in full operation. Employee #1 used a metal pry bar, which somehow caught the machine's spinning drum and struck him in the side of the head. Employee #1 fell to the deck from which he was working. He sustained a fractured skull and bleeding of the brain, and he was hospitalized. No lockout/tagout procedures were used in this operation.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL BAR, ROTATING PARTS, LOSS OF BLOOD, LOCKOUT, SKULL, STRUCK BY, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314821307			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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