OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194419
MIDLANTIC COAST DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
SAVAGE, MD·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR NIP POINT
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 5:30 AM ON JANUARY 8, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A WAREHOUSEMAN EMPLOYED BY MID ALLED UNDER THE CONVEYOR. P.P.E. WAS NOT USED. ATLANTIC COAST DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC., 8840 GREENWOOD PLACE, SAVAGE, MARYLAND 207 63, WAS WORKING ON A LIVE ROLLER CONVEYOR REMOVING PACKAGES. ONE OF THE CONVEYOR ROLLERS FELL OUT OF ITS POSITION, CAUSING SOME PACKAGES TO FALL THROUGH TO THE FLOOR. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE LAST OF THE FALLEN PACKAGES WITH HIS LEFT HAND, HIS RIGHT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE UNGUARDED SPROCKETS AND CHAIN WHICH PO WERED THE BELT UNDER THE CONVEYOR ROLLERS. HIS FINGERTIPS WERE AMPUTATED. ONE SP ROCKET WAS LOCATED 7 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE OTHER WAS 14 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE CHAIN WAS 3/4 INCH WIDE AND 24 INCHES LONG. THE POWER TRAIN WAS INST
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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