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Accident Summary Nr: 740712 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND IS CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR PULLEY

Accident Summary Nr: 740712 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 10/07/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111958500	10/09/1991	1799	0	Cem Energy

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CONVEYOR BELT. ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE BY USING A WRENCH TO ROTATE A LONG BOLT, WHICH IN TURN MOVES THE PULLEY SHAFT AND BEARING ASSEMBLY FORWARD AND BACKWARD. THINKING IT WAS MORE PRACTICAL TO OBSERVE THE ALIGNMENT WHILE THE BELT WAS MOVING, EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT TURN OFF THE CONVEYOR. THE BOLT HEAD HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND WAS COVERED WITH WELD OR BRAZING METAL, CAUSING THE WRENCH TO SLIP. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE THE BOLT BY PLACING THE WRENCH WITHIN THE CONVEYOR FRAME IN ORDER TO TWIST IT FROM THE INSIDE. ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE #1, THE CONVEYOR HAD A TEAR WHICH PRODUCED A FLAP. THIS FLAP KNOCKED THE WRENCH AND HIS HAND INTO THE PULLEY-BELT PINCH POINT, CUTTING AND ABRADING HIS WRIST AND BREAKING HIS FOREARM.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, FOREARM, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111958500			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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