Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201702198 - Employee Fractures Arm While Cleaning Conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 201702198 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309814804	08/09/2006	5148	424480	Rivergate Farms Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309814796	08/09/2006	0761	115115	Atkinson Staffing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:58 a.m. on August 6, 2006, Employee #1 was cleaning an inclined food conveyor, while it was running. He was blowing off the inside of the conveyor runs with an air hose. His sleeve became caught at the nip point, where the idler roller met the conveyor belt and his right arm and hand were drawn into the idler roller. He was hospitalized at Good Sheppard Medical Center for soft tissue damage and a fracture to his lower arm.

Keywords: CLEANING, ROLLER CONVEYOR, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, ROLLER--MACH/PART, NIP POINT, CONTUSION, FRACTURE, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309814804			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Janitors and cleaners
2	309814796					Occupation not reported

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