Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202675617 - Employee Injured Servicing Harvester Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 202675617 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/06/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317246536	09/19/2013	0172	111332	Steve Winkler Dba Winkler Family Farms

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on September 6, 2013, Employee #1 was servicing a Vector Upright Grape Harvester. He was observing the conveyor belt check guide was properly tracking through the roller and had his left hand and arm pulled along the moving conveyor belt, and into the nip point where the conveyor belt meets the conveyor roller. Emergency services were contacted and Employee #1 was airlifted to Kaiser Hospital and underwent surgery to repair a fracture to the ulna and radius of the left arm, requiring insertion of two plates, bolts, and pins to repair the arm. He was hospitalized for 3 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BELT, HARVESTER, CONVEYOR, ARM, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317246536			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Farm workers

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