Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201951878 - Employees toes amputated when crushed in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201951878 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 08/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103226015	01/07/2000	3271	0	Pyramid Masonry Contractors, Inc. Dba Miami Cement

Abstract: Employee #1, a temporary employee, was assisting in straightening the "Mesa" block on a cuber machine. The machine is an automatic palletizing machine. Employee #1 watched a coworker perform the task, and then relieved the coworker so he could go on break. During the time he relieved the coworker, he got his foot caught between the backside arm and the rollers of the roller conveyor he was standing on. The arm is part of the frame of the elevator assembly that raises the block to various layers as it stacks them on a pallet. The arm crushed Employee #1's right foot and toes and the toes had to be removed later at the hospital.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MACHINIST, ROLLER CONVEYOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, TOE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103226015			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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