Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 601518 - Employee's arm caught in mobile refuse compaction equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 601518 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/13/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106317365	07/13/1988	4212	0	Usa Waste Of Florida, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:50 p.m. on June 25, 1988, Employee #1 and a coworker were on a refuse collection route using a Touxmore 20 yard side-loader collection and compaction unit mounted on a Ford truck. The coworker was operating the deadman packing ram controls. While the packer ram was moving, Employee #1 threw trash into the hopper ahead of the ram. He apparently dropped a trash can in the hopper and when he tried to retrieve it with his left hand, his arm was caught between the ram and the hopper wall. Employee #1 was hospitalized with soft tissue injuries to his upper arm, and burns caused by a torch used by rescuers who had to cut a hole in the side of the hopper to free him.

Keywords: BURN, TORCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOADER, ARM, HAND, CUTTING AND BURNING, HOPPER, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106317365			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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