Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201623279 - Employee's Arm Is Fractured When Caught by Rotor

Accident Summary Nr: 201623279 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 09/19/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315931881	09/21/2011	2493	321219	Sierrapine A California Lp

Abstract: On September 19, 2011, three employees were cleaning the forming machines and had left the forming line. Employee #1 returned to the Number 1 forming machine and reached in to brush material away from the shave-off rotor. The rotor caught his glove and pulled his hand and arm into the spinning rotor. Employee #1's arm was fractured, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, ROTOR, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, ARM, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315931881			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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