Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 785436 - Employee's arm severed by conveyor belt

Accident Summary Nr: 785436 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 11/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108274861	11/13/1990	5146	0	Pacific Sea Food Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, of Pacific Seafood Co., reached into the in-running nip point at the infeed head pulley on a conveyor that carries oyster shells to a drop box. He intended to remove a shell that had dropped onto the conveyor's return section, but his glove caught between the pulley and the belt, and his hand and arm were pulled up and around the pulley. The pulley severed the employee's arm at or near the elbow.

Keywords: SEVERED, AMPUTATED, BELT, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CONVEYOR, ARM, NIP POINT, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108274861			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Butchers and meat cutters

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