Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97702.015 - Worker fractures arm when it is caught on conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 97702.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1249908.015	07/26/2017		336413	Universal Alloy Corporation

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on July 24, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in manufacturing aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment. He was at the back of an automatic conveyor on B & O Saw #3. There was a thin aluminum piece on the conveyor. The thin aluminum piece had a bulge in it. The employee was pushing down on the piece in order to flatten it. His arm got caught between a roller and the gauge of B & O Saw #3. He sustained a fractured arm and a laceration. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Caught Between, Conveyor, Fracture, Laceration, Manual Mat Handling, Roller--Mach/Part, Saw, Sheet Metal

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1249908.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury

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