Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201702594 - Employee Is Caught in Conveyor, Sustains Lacerations

Accident Summary Nr: 201702594 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312260797	08/22/2008	2099	311991	River Point Farms Llc

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on August 22, 2008, Employee #1 was cleaning the idler roll of a conveyor belt. Employee #1 was using a compressed air nozzle to apply compressed air to the roll, when the nozzle was caught in the conveyor. The conveyor pulled Employee #1's hand and lower arm into the roll. Employee #1 was able to self-extract his arm from the conveyor belt. Employee #1 suffered lacerations and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, COMPRESSED AIR, HOSE, ROLLER--MACH/PART, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, ARM, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312260797			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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