Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202589115 - Machine Operator Fractures Foot When Caught in Sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 202589115 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/28/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317203537	03/07/2014	3221	327213	Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 a.m. on February 28, 2014, Employee #1, a 55-year-old male with Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc., was requested by a coworker to re-align a loaded pallet that got stuck in the conveyor elevator section of a Busse Bro. Model RC KIT, Number 129, automatic palletizer, locally identified as "bulk palletizer number four." Employee #1 had both of his feet on the moving conveyor. As Employee #1 adjusted the stuck pallet by manually pulling the pallet, he slipped and fell backwards. During the fall, Employee #1's right foot got caught by the chain drive and pinched between the sprocket and chain drive mechanism of the machine. Employee #1 sustained three fractured toes of the right foot from the event. Employee #1 was admitted on February 28, 2014, treated and discharged on March 2, 2014 from Kaiser Hospital.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, MACHINE OPERATOR, LOCKOUT, PALLET, SPROCKET, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317203537			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified

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