OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307938
WEST STREET TRUCKING COMPANY
JERSEY CITY, NJ·
Event description
Employee dies of embolism after foot injury on conveyor
Investigation abstract
On December 1, 1988, Employee #1 and the foreman of the separating area of a was rgency stop button, raised himself up to the conveyor, and released Employee #1' s foot. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for serious foot injuries. He died of an embolism on December 4. There were no safe guards preventing employees from climbing onto the metal conveyor belt. Also, th e exposed metal conveyor belt was not enclosed with an end guard to prevent a ni p point hazard. te paper recycling plant observed that the inclined motor drive belt of an autom atic HRB-SR8 fully-computerized baling machine, approximately 20 feet above the work floor, was skipping. As the foreman walked to the left end of the machine t o reset the motor, Employee #1 walked to the right end. When the foreman returne d, he observed Employee #1 standing atop an exposed conveyor belt 6 ft wide and approximately 6 ft above the work floor, struggling to release his left foot, wh ich was jammed between the metal conveyor belt and the 4 in. by 6 ft slot-type o pening of the conveyor's metal enclosure. The foreman immediately pushed the eme
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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