Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136083.015 - Employee fractures ulnar when machine cycles

Accident Summary Nr: 136083.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 03/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1524700.015	04/06/2021		327331	Midwest Block & Brick Company

Abstract: At 3:15 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was staging a pallet of block in the dump hopper. The pallet was to go into the conveyor line towards the tumbler. The dump hopper stopped cycling, and without applying the proper shutdown procedures, the employee went inside the dump hopper to clean the photo eye sensors. The cleaning activated the hopper, causing it to cycle and trapping his arm between the hopper and the frame. He was crushed, resulting in a left ulnar fracture and traumatic rhabdomyolysis. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Caught Between, Compound Fracture, Fracture, Frame, Hopper, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Pallet, Rhabdomyolysis

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1524700.015	20	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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