OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405806

EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS OF TENNESSEE, INC.

MEMPHIS, TN· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Belt Conveyor, Caught Between, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Engineering Controls, Fracture, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Maintenance, Pinch Point, Pinched, Technician
NAICS: 424820
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345604995
Employer profile: EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS OF TENNESSEE, INC.
Summary number: 221405806
Report ID: 0454711

Event description

Employee fractures arm when caught in extendable conveyor be

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance technician for an alcoholic beverage wholesalers was tracking the belt of the Stewart Glapat Corporation Extendable Conveyor. The employee caught his left arm in the conveyor belt. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated and fractured arm, requiring emergency surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 63 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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