Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 307184085 - Employee Fractures Arm While Operating Conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 307184085 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 03/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307184085	03/26/2007	5093	423930	Paramount Resource Recycling, Inc. Dba E-Recycling

Abstract: At approximately 1:46 p.m. on March 15, 2007, Employee #1, a recycling assembler, was operating a conveyor belt. Using the press, electronic parts are broken into pieces and the broken pieces are moved to the sorting area by a conveyor belt. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 saw a piece of string at the pulley of the conveyor belt. Employee #1 tried to pull it out while the conveyor belt was operating, but instead his hand was pulled into the nip point of the pulley and conveyor belt. Employee #1 sustained a crushed right hand when the hand was entrapped at the nip point of the conveyor belt and its pulley at the sorting area. The accident did not result in a serious injury and Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, ARM, NIP POINT, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307184085			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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