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Accident Summary Nr: 93753.015 - Employee's arm is caught in screw conveyor and sustains mult

Accident Summary Nr: 93753.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 03/04/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1215977.015	03/06/2017		336390	Borbet Alabama, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on March 4, 2017, an employee was clearing aluminum chips from a screw conveyor that had built up, stopping the machine. Once the chips were cleaned out, the employee restarted the machine and kneeled down to visually observe the chip vacuum system. The guard was not in place and the employee's left shirt sleeve became caught on the pin of the screw conveyor. His arm was pulled into the conveyer, sustaining skin removal, tendon damage, dislocation/breakage of bones, and lacerations, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

Keywords: Caught By, Caught In, Clothing, Conveyor, Crushed, Fracture, Laceration, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1215977.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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