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Accident Summary Nr: 99466.015 - Employee's arm is crushed between belt and rollers, and is l

Accident Summary Nr: 99466.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 09/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267594.015	10/02/2017		321113	Jim C. Hamer Company

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on September 27, 2017, Employee #1 was standing underneath a moving conveyor belt, clearing a jam in the bark grinder chute. The stick that the employee was using to clear the jam became caught in the overhead inclined conveyor belt and pulled the employee's left arm in-between the belt and pressure rollers. The employee's left arm was crushed, and he was taken to the hospital. Employee #1's arm had to be surgically amputated just below the shoulder. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: Amputation, Arm, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Grinder, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1267594.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights

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