Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 970822 - Employee fractures arms when caught in extruder

Accident Summary Nr: 970822 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105594733	02/13/1989	3089	0	Aim Plastics

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning foreign matter from the rollers of a Pro-dex three-stack chrome roller downstream extruder when both of his arms became trapped up to his elbows. A coworker shut down the extruder and ran to get help to release Employee #1 from the machine. He sustained fractures in both arms and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105594733			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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