Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202074076 - Employee's arm caught in nip point of chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 202074076 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125309997	10/30/1996	2015	0	Perdue Farms, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on a ladder to check a motor that was approximately 12 ft above the floor. His smock became caught in a line chain, and his left arm was pulled into the nip point of the chain and sprocket. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures and lacerations to his arm, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHAIN, CLOTHING, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, SPROCKET, ARM, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125309997			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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