Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202612628 - Employee Fractures Arm When Caught in Conveyoer Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 202612628 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/11/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314793688	01/20/2011	7218	812332	Angelica Corporation

Abstract: On January 11, 2011, Employee #1, a laundry delivery person, was transiting the soil receiving area of the employer's facility. As he walked under an inclined service conveyor, for an unknown reason he placed his left hand into the in-running conveyor roller. His arm became entangled in the conveyor, causing the radius/ulna portion of his arm to fracture. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby medical facility, where he was hospitalized and treated for his injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CONVEYOR, ARM, ENTANGLED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314793688			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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