OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393804

RENO REFRACTORIES, INC.

MORRIS, AL· 2021-09-11T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Catch Point, Caught In, Cleaning, Contusion, Conveyor, Energized, Hand, Inexperience, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Running
NAICS: 327120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345541833
Employer profile: RENO REFRACTORIES, INC.
Summary number: 221393804
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee cleaning operating conveyor lacerates and bruises a

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2021, an employee working for a clay refractory was cleaning the moving roller of a conveyor. The employee caught his hand in a roller causing him to be pulled into the machine up to his arm. The employee was hospitalized to treat bruises and lacerations to his arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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