Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202510335 - Employee Injures Forearm When Caught in Conveyor Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 202510335 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 12/20/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316819572	01/07/2014	2051	311812	Galaxy Desserts

Abstract: On December 20, 2013, Employee #1 was cleaning the conveyor belt of a croissant production line at a food manufacturing plant. The machinery was not locked out during the cleaning process, and the nip point was accessible by reaching through an existing guard. While he was cleaning, the employee's hand was caught in the nip point between the conveyor belt and the tension roller. Employee #1 was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a laceration, peeling back of the skin down to the subdermal layer of the forearm and multiple fractures to his hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, GUARD, CLEANING, FOREARM, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, NIP POINT, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316819572			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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