Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 822296 - Employee's arm fractured when caught in conveyor belt unit

Accident Summary Nr: 822296 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/18/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104424015	10/19/1988	3089	0	William T. Burnett & Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on October 18, 1988, Employee #1, a maintenance mechanic for WM T. Burnett & Co., Inc., Jessup, MD, was helping two coworkers, both maintenance mechanics, install a new drive unit on a conveyor belt. After the drive unit was installed, the conveyor was turned on. Employee #1 was lying on the floor under the conveyor belt near the drive unit. He had reached his right arm into the open end of the drive unit to adjust the belt with a pair of channel lock pliers when the moving parts of the drive unit caught his arm and pulled it into the unit. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures to his arm and was hospitalized. No supervisors were present at the time of the accident. Employee #1 did not follow safety precautions published in the manufacturer's installation and maintenance manual.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, ARM, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104424015			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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