OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256291
GEORGIA PACIFIC, BRIDGETON VENEER PLANT
BRIDGETON, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LEG FRACTURE WHEN CAUGHT IN DRAG CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed to a work platform to close a chute door used to fill traile lity. rs with wood chips from a drag conveyor. The trailer being loaded was full but t he chute door opening was jammed open. Once in position at the chute door, Emplo yee #1 signaled Employee #2 to turn off the conveyor. Employee #2 did. Employee #1 removed an enclosure guard from around the drag chain pulley and stood on the chain to direct Employee #2 on the ground to turn off the top conveyor. Employe e #2 misunderstood the directions and started the conveyor on which Employee #1 was standing. Employee #1's leg was caught in the conveyor drag bar and this res ulted in fracture of the lower left leg with hospitalization and extended disabi
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Metal plating machine operators (723)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.