Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128024.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when coupling explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 128024.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1473546.015	04/29/2020		311211	Miller Milling Company, Llc

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on April 20, 2020, while attempting to clear a plugged flour conveying line, a fabricated plug was clamped to the end of the pipe. Attached to the plug was a male air hose coupling. When the maintenance technician attached a compressed air hose to the male, the coupling exploded and struck the employee on the arm. The employee sustained injuries to multiple body parts, including a broken hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Air Hose, Arm, Broken Bone, Conveyor, Couplings, Explosion, Hand, Maintenance, Pipe, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1473546.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury

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