Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170831861 - Employee'S Head Injured When Caught In Drive Shaft
Accident: 170831861 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 09/17/1996 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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127376788 | 10/07/1996 | 2759 | Balmar, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 was leaning over a hole-punch drill press when a loose 1/8 in. air hose blew her ponytail into an unguarded horizontal drive shaft operating at 2,000 rpm. She tore herself free of the spindle, losing over 50 percent of her scalp and suffering severe bruising to the head. | |||||||
Keywords:
hair, scalp, work rules, air hose, drill press, entangled, press operator, drive shaft, unguarded, contusion
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 127376788 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Folding machine operators |