Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202446332 - Employee Amputates Foot While Retrieving Kiln Cart

Accident Summary Nr: 202446332 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310598032	04/19/2007	3259	327123	Maruhachi Ceramics Of America

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on March 25, 2007, Employee #1 was working on a Systec, M-Tile Loading Machine to unload the roof tiles from the kiln car and to put the tiles onto the conveyor. Employee #1 had unloaded about 5 cars prior to the accident. The next rail car (Kiln car) was coming slow. Employee #1 went down into the kiln car line to push a car. As Employee #1 was pushing the car, his left foot got caught between the rails and the pusher. Employee #1 suffered crushing injury to his left foot and his lower left leg had to be amputated at the hospital. Employee #1 was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, KILN, MACHINE OPERATOR, CONVEYOR, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310598032			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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