OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434186

COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC.

MONTGOMERY, AL· 2022-01-28T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Catch Point, Caught In, Energized, Food processing, Fracture, Guard, Inexperience, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pinched, Safety Device, Struck By, Unguarded
NAICS: 312111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345763213
Employer profile: COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC.
Summary number: 221434186
Report ID: 0418600

Event description

Employee fractures arm when caught in wrapping machine

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on January 28, 2022, an employee was operating a KHS Kister wrapping machine when he stopped to retrieve Dasani water bottles. The bottles had fallen over the edge and were not detected by the machine sensing eye. As the employee attempted to retrieve the bottles he failed to stop the machine first. The employee caught his right arm in a machine pinch point and fractured his ulna, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
633

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