Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789651 - Employee's hand smashed and fingers broken by conveyor belt

Accident Summary Nr: 789651 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 07/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115778805	07/21/1994	5113	0	Weyerhaeuser Company

Abstract: At or about 8:45 a.m. on July 14, 1994, Employee #1, of Weyerhaeuser Company, Particle Board Division, entered a restricted area and was cleaning the roll and the bottom of the conveyor belt with a wire brush while the belt was running. The brush caught in a belt splice, and Employee #1's hand was pinched between the return portion of a conveyor belt and the carrier roll. His fingers were broken and his hand was smashed. He was transported to Merle West Medical Center in Klamath Falls.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR BELT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115778805			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Separating, filtering & clarifying mach. operators

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