Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118844.015 - Employee fractures and degloves hand in conveyor rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 118844.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1422356.015	08/07/2019		423840	Purvis Industries Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on July 16, 2019, an employee was adjusting a conveyor on a potato hauling truck during installation when he caught his hand in the rollers. The employee broke and degloved his hand, requiring hospitization.

Keywords: Adjust, Caught Between, Caught In, Conveyor, Degloving, Fracture, Hand, Inexperience, Installing, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Power Roller, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1422356.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Sales representatives, mining, mfg., & wholesale

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