Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202479838 - Employee Fractures Knee and Ankle When Caught in Mill

Accident Summary Nr: 202479838 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/06/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316349307	03/19/2014	3317	331210	Maruichi American Corp

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 a.m. on February 6, 2014, Employee #1 started work at his normal training to become a Mill Operator. A coworker asked the employee to go check the gear box to verify the gear speed of the machine. The employee was walking over a mill when a drive shaft coupling caught his pants leg and pulled him into the machine and crushing his left knee and ankle. Employee #1 was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a fractured left knee and ankle. The employee was hospitalized for twenty days.

Keywords: CLOTHING, KNEE, FRACTURE, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, MILLING MACHINE, CRUSHED, DRIVE SHAFT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316349307			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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