Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657342 - Employee Fractures Arm in Conveyor Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 202657342 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/02/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316668813	01/14/2013	2842	325612	Rincon Recycling, Inc.

Abstract: On January 2, 2013, Employee #1, with Rincon Recycling, Inc., was working with a telescoping conveyor system (RISI Industries, Model Number: 30040-TA8, Serial Number: 9) which transports paper waste into large metal containers. Employee #1 entered the area between two large containers to diagnose the source of a sound coming from the take up pulley system of the conveyor. Employee #1 reached into the unguarded take up pulley system with his gloved right hand, causing his right hand and arm to be caught by the pulley and pulled in. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for a right forearm compound fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BELT CONVEYOR, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, WASTE PROC FAC, PAPER, ARM, PULLEY, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316668813			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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