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Accident Summary Nr: 202456828 - Employee Catches Arm in Conveyor, Receives Hand Injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 202456828 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/12/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313383119	10/18/2010	3996	326192	Armstrong World Industries Inc

Abstract: On October 12, 2010, Employee #1 was responding to a squealing sound emanating from a component under a belt conveyor, which was a part of Palletizer Feed Decline Conveyor Line 2, Number 903, in the plant's distribution center. He locked out the power to the conveyor and removed a guard, and then detached the lockout device and turned the conveyor back on, so as to locate the sound. He then turned to shut the unit back off, when his right arm was pulled into the exposed moving roller/belt drive. Employee #1 sustained a degloving injury to the right arm that included partial amputation of his thumb and the crushing of his wrist. He called for help and coworkers turned the power off and extracted him from the belt conveyor. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, BELT CONVEYOR, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CONVEYOR, ARM, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313383119			Hospitalized injury	Other	Machinery maintenance occupations

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