Advanced Recycling Systems, LLC

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. — Avulsions, enucleations — SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Advanced Recycling Systems, LLC in SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Advanced Recycling Systems, LLC Report ID 20160910214
Address 3509 W Teem Dr City, State ZIP SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57107
Event Date September 26, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Avulsions, enucleations Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 562111 Inspection # 1189283
GPS Coordinates 43.56000, -96.77000

Incident Narrative

While trying to release a jammed piece of tin from a conveyor belt, the employee's foot slipped off the paddle of the conveyor belt and his foot became stuck. When the employee attempted to jerk his foot out, the result was a de-gloving injury to the right foot.

Incident Summary

On September 26, 2016, a worker at Advanced Recycling Systems, LLC in SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered avulsions, enucleations to the foot (feet), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c., with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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