Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202074605 - Employee's Legs Crushed by Incinerator Loading Ram

Accident Summary Nr: 202074605 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 09/27/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304007891	09/27/2000	4953	0	Bmwnc, Inc.

Abstract: A maintenance employee was repairing a hydraulic leak inside an incinerator's loading system ram cavity. While the maintenance employee stood in the hopper opening, the loading ram retracted pinning the employee between the loading ram and the loading ram cavity frame. The maintenance employee's legs were subsequently amputated due to the severity of the injury.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC RAM, LEAK, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, REPAIR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, PUMP, HOPPER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304007891			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinery maintenance occupations

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