OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349393
HEAD,GUARD,CAUGHT BETWEEN,HEADHOUSE,GRAIN ELEVATOR,PULLEY,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY GUARD
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MEASURING RICE BINS ON THE GALLERY FLOOR OF HEADHOUSE #5. HE WAS WORKING BETWEEN THE HEAD PULLE Y AND THE TRIPPER, WHICH ARE ABOUT 115 FEET APART. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ONTO THE NOR TH TRIPPER BELT (CONVEYOR BELT), POSSIBLY WHILE TRYING TO STEP ACROSS IT. HIS HE AD LANDED FACING THE HEAD PULLEY. THE CONVEYOR BELT CARRIED EMPLOYEE #1 UNDERNEA TH THE GUARD FOR THE HEAD PULLEY. HE RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND WA S PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 3
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.