Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202466983 - Employee's Arm Is Fractured in Conveyor Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 202466983 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/02/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312428816	08/20/2008	2952	324122	Eot Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 3:15 p.m. on August 2, 2008, Employee #1 was cleaning the starwheel, which was the hold section that holds roofing shingles temporarily until they were stacked. He finished cleaning the machine and closed the gate. As the gate was being pushed, he raised his hand, and it was caught in the moving belt and tension pulley overhead. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BELT, BELT CONVEYOR, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, ARM, NIP POINT, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312428816			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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