OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237028
CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,LOCKOUT,PUMP
Event description
CAUGHT IN A ROTATING SCREW PUMP
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 20, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE EXCESS GROUT FROM THE BLADES OF A SCREW PUMP. A THIRD EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT OF THE PUMP. THE FOREMAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING DOWN INTO TH E SERVICE PUMP WHEN EITHER THE FOREMAN OR THE THIRD EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY BRUSHED AGAINST THE PUMP SWITCH AND TURNED IT ON. THE SCREW PUMP WAS AT A 38 DEGREE ANGL E AND WAS 48 FEET LONG AND 6 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE BLADES WERE 5/16 INCH THICK A ND THERE WAS 14 INCHES OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BLADE ENDS AND THE INSIDE OF THE PUMP WALL.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 36
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 36
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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