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Accident: 104029.015 - Employee'S Arm Is Injured When Caught In Hatchway

Accident: 104029.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 03/18/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1302962.01503/21/2018Waupaca Foundry Inc.
At 2:45 p.m. on March 18, 2018, an employee was working to adjust a bucket elevator belt. During work, the employee inadvertently bumped the jog button of the elevator belt while reaching into its hatchway. His arm became pinned between the bucket and the top of the hatchway opening. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to his arm, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.
Keywords: pinned, laceration, hatch, caught in, belt, bucket elevator, fracture, arm
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1302962.015 41 M Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Mechanical engineering technicians

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