Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201700580 - Employee Suffers Fractured Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 201700580 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 11/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302597943	11/09/1999	2037	0	Heinz Frozen Food Co

Abstract: On November 6, 1999, Employee #1 was injured while removing packaging tape from rollers on an overhead conveyor. Employee #1 apparently climbed a ladder attached to a case elevator and reached over the conveyor with his left arm to hold a roller while removing tape from it with his right hand. The equipment was not locked out. Employee #1's left arm was fractured when struck by the case elevator. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CONVEYOR, STRUCK BY, ARM, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302597943			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Machinery maintenance occupations

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