Accident Report Detail
Accident: 115293.015 - Employee'S Lower Left Leg Is Amputated In Tobacco Leaf Feede
Accident: 115293.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 04/05/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1392764.015 | 04/09/2019 | Hail & Cotton Inc | |||||
At 10:30 a.m. on April 5, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that bought, processed, and sold tobacco. He was installing covers for dust collection holes. A tobacco leaf feeder energized. The machine pulled the employee between a doff er and a conveyor. The employee suffered the amputation of his lower left leg. H e was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
agriculture, amputated, amputation, caught in, combustible dust, conveyor, dust, dust collector, leg, lockout, machine guarding
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 1392764.015 | 40 | M | Hospitalized injury |