Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92188.015 - Employee is pulled into a conveyor and amputates arm

Accident Summary Nr: 92188.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 01/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1203115.015	01/17/2017		321113	Miller Lumber Company Incorporated

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on January 12, 2017, an employee was operating an Edgar chipper machine. The employee entered the in-feed end of the conveyor belt to remove a board that had fallen from the conveyor belt. As the employee retrieved the board, his shirt was caught in an adjacent roller bed conveyor drive shaft and was pulled into the conveyor. The employee suffered an amputation at his left arm elbow, multiple contusions to his right side, and broke several ribs in his right side. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Conveyor, Drive Shaft, Elbow, Lockout/Tagout

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1203115.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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