Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201955408 - Employee's Arm Is Crushed in Conveyor Rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 201955408 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 12/27/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311664866	12/28/2007	4911	221112	Sunbelt Insulation Company, Inc.

Abstract: On December 27, 2007, Employee #1 was working on a coal conveyer line in a coal fired power generation facility. The employee was wearing a loose fitting Tyvek suit (extra large suit on a medium-build employee) while shoveling coal that had spilled off the conveyer belts back onto the conveyer. Employee #1 removed the brush from a long-handled broom and reached into the moving conveyor to remove coal under the nonpowered carrying rollers. The Tyvek suit on his left arm was caught by the ingoing nip point of the belt (weighed down with coal) and one of the 5-inch carrying rollers. His arm was crushed when it was pulled into and over the roller between the roller and moving belt (approximately 500 feet per minute).

Keywords: BURN, COAL, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, ARM, SHOVEL, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311664866					Occupation not reported

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