Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 735050 - Employee scalped when hair enters roller

Accident Summary Nr: 735050 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/24/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105456685	09/07/1988	3993	0	Acme Nameplate Mfg. Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was feeding silk screens into a coater machine. A noise was heard and the machine operator went to get a supervisor. Employee #1 decided to investigate the noise and went into the enclosure between the coater and oven where four round conveyor belts transfer the screens into the oven. The employee bent sideways to look into the feeding conveyor belts into the oven and her hair contacted the rubber belts and was pulled onto the roller along with the belts. The employee was scalped on the left side of her head. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: HAIR, SCALP, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105456685			Hospitalized injury	Other	Heat treating equipment operators

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