OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392426

SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC.

MILAN, TN· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Degloving, Energized, Engineering Controls, Hair, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Rotating Parts, Scalp, Scalped, Skin
NAICS: 511130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345536064
Employer profile: SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC.
Summary number: 221392426
Report ID: 0454715

Event description

Employee sustains scalping after hair is caught in conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working for a book publisher was finishing up her shift by cleaning around a conveyor. As she reached under the still running conveyor to get some boxes she had placed under the conveyor, her hair was caught in the moving parts. The employee was scalped requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 48 F

Event type
2

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