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Accident: 99407.015 - Employee Sustains Fractures When Caught In Running Machinery

Accident: 99407.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 09/12/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1264719.01509/19/2017Barrett Farm Supply Inc.
At 2:00 p.m. on September 12, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that reta iled or wholesaled gardening and farm supplies. A rope had fallen off a gear, an d the employee was reattaching the rope to the gear. The rope ran from the first floor up to the second floor. The gear to which it was attached allowed a user to select a bin as the source of grain to be dispensed. When the employee reache d behind some unguarded, operating machinery, he was pulled into that machinery. He sustained six broken ribs, a fractured sternum, and a cut to the left side o f his head and face. He was hospitalized.
Keywords: agriculture, caught in, chest, face, fracture, grain, grain bin, head, laceration, lockout, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, maintenance, rib
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1264719.015 60 M Hospitalized injury Laborers, except construction

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