Accident: 201090966 - Injured When Hair And Scalp Caught In Roller

Employee #1 was sweeping up mushrooms from the floor when her head got too close to a unguarded roller on a conveyor. Her hair was pulled off and she sustained a scalp laceration, but she was not hospitalized. The employer was cited for lack of guarding.

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Accident: 170707236 - Injured When Hair Becomes Caught In Pulley

Employee #1 was bending down beneath a conveyor belt to pick up a part when her hair became caught in an unguarded pulley.

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Accident: 201480159 - Injured When Hair Caught In Rotating Machine Shaft

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on April 17, 1997, Employee #1, a label line operator, was working on a labeling machine. While she was checking the feeder at the back of the machine, she leaned over and tilted her head. Her long hair, which had been tied up, became entangled in the unguarded rotating shaft of the machine. Employee #1 sustained serious scalp injuries, for which she was hospitalized.

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Accident: 170097513 - Arm Broken And Scalp Torn Off By Shaft

Employee #1 was reaching into a machine to unclog it when her hair became caught on a horizontal shaft. She tried to pull out her hair with her hand, but her arm became wrapped up with her hair. Employee #1's scalp was torn off and her arm was broken in three places.

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Accident: 200800027 - Injured When Hair Caught In Rotating Machine Parts

Employee #1 was attempting to listen to low frequency sound from a bearing being turned in a speed lathe when her hair became entangled around the bearing, pulling her head down toward the lathe. An approximately 3 in. by 8 in. section of hair was pulled out of her scalp.

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Accident: 170831861 - Head Injured When Caught In Drive Shaft

Employee #1 was leaning over a hole-punch drill press when a loose 1/8 in. air hose blew her ponytail into an unguarded horizontal drive shaft operating at 2,000 rpm. She tore herself free of the spindle, losing over 50 percent of her scalp and suffering severe bruising to the head.

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Accident: 170749949 - Injured When Hair Is Entangled In Spindle

Employee #1 was operating a Clausing drill press, model 2215, serial #2, equipped with a honing attachment. She was deburring metal parts when her hair became caught in the unguarded spindle, which was rotating at 600 rpm. Employee #1 suffered hair loss from the right side of her head and a black eye from contacting the spindle. She was transported to a hospital, where she was treated and released.

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