Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202448338 - Employee Degloves Arm When Caught in Machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 202448338 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/21/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310601828	02/25/2008	2873	325311	Gropower Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on December 21, 2007, Employee #1, a hammer mill mixer operator, and a coworker were adjusting and aligning an inclined belt conveyor with the hammer mill chute plate cover so that the humus material falls into the mill inlet chute. Employee #1 walked under the belt conveyor behind the hammer mill and tried to adjust and align the belt conveyor. Employee #1's multi-layer loose clothing became caught and pulled into a running sprocket chain coupling of the hammer mill motor. Employee #1 sustained a serious degloving injury of his right arm from his elbow to the arm pit. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLOTHING, DEGLOVED, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, SPROCKET, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310601828			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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