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Accident Summary Nr: 201621687 - Employee Suffers Cuts and Fracture When Caught in Machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 201621687 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 07/04/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307328765	07/06/2004	2033	311421	Sabroso Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 a.m. on July 4, 2004, Employee #1 was cleaning an auger-type conveyor system. Employee #1 was standing with his right foot between the flights of the auger, attempting to clean fruit residual from the inclined conveyor. The machine was activated entrapping Employee #1's foot between the flights of the auger and the metal cover to the conveyor system. Employee #1 suffered a fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FOOD PREPARATION, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, AUGER, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307328765			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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