Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97646.015 - Employee is servicing plumbing system and suffers a deep lac

Accident Summary Nr: 97646.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1248931.015	07/27/2017		311613	Darling Ingredients Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 6, 2017, an employee was removing the spacer pipe on the bottom of the stack, which was attached to the blower housing. The employee wanted to look inside of the large blower fan to troubleshoot noisy equipment. The employee was struck in his right hand between his thumb and forefinger when the alignment coupling for the valve blew off due to back pressure from Pump #2. He suffered a deep laceration that needed surgery and stitches. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Finger, Flying Object, Hand, Laceration, Pipe, Pipeline, Struck By, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1248931.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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