Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202044517 - Employee Critically Injured, Hair is Caught in Rotaing Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202044517 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 10/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303450738	10/17/2000	2435	0	Chesapeake Hardwood Products Inc.

Abstract: An employee was mixing glue in a large vat, when she got her hair caught by the rotating shaft. Her head was pulled into the vat. The injured employee managed to free herself from the shaft, resulting in the removal of her ear and scalp from her skull. Medical responders transported her to a trauma center where she was hospitalized in critical condition.

Keywords: HAIR, GLUE, SCALP, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, EAR, SKULL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303450738			Hospitalized injury	Other	Mixing and blending machine operators

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