Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202509691 - Employee Catches Arm and Hand in Shaft, Fractures Both

Accident Summary Nr: 202509691 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/25/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314338112	01/31/2013	2891	325520	Henkel Corporation

Abstract: On January 15, 2013, Employee #1, with Henkel Corporation, had been producing an adhesive used in the aerospace industry. Employee #1 was scraping the product back down into the mix can using a Teflon paddle, because the material tended to climb up the rotating shaft during production. As he was doing this, Employee #1's glove was caught on the protruding bolt that secured the unguarded rotating shaft, which was operating at high speed on a mixer chuck (Myer; Brand Jiffy). First, Employee #1's hand, then his arm, were pulled towards the rotating shaft, fracturing both. Employee #1 was hospitalized for eight days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING SHAFT, GLOVE, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, BOLT, ARM, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314338112			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified

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