Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539581 - Employee's Gloved Hand Is Injured by Moving Conveyor Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 202539581 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/01/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126199959	07/14/2008	3273	327320	A&A Ready Mixed Concrete Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on July 1, 2008, at 134 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena, CA 90248, Employee #1 worked as a yardman at the tail-end of the horizontal conveyor belt of conveyor #1, which was located in a pit. Employee #1 greased the conveyor shaft bearing with a grease gun. To perform this greasing operation, the conveyor was not stopped and its power sources were not deenergized; gloves were worn near running parts of the conveyor; and the nip points of the belt and pulley were not guarded. Employee #1's left hand drew into the unguarded nip point of the belt and tail-end pulley. He sustained serious injury to his hand and was hospitalized for one week at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, CA.

Keywords: CLOTHING, MAINTENANCE, GLOVE, LACERATION, PULLEY, CONVEYOR BELT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126199959			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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