OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349625
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,SCREW CONVEYOR,CONVEYOR,FALL
Event description
FELL FROM OVERHEAD SCREW CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS WERE REMOVING RUST FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SOME HINGED SCR OUTSIDE OF THE CONVEYOR, OR THE CHAIN REGAINED ITS SLACK. SOMEHOW, EMPLOYEE #1 W AS PULLED OUT OF THE ENCLOSURE AND FELL 20 FEET TO A GRAVEL DRIVE. HE SUFFERED F RACTURES TO HIS PELVIS, THE RIGHT FEMUR AND THE BILATERAL MANDIBULAR, AND ALSO P OSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES. DEATH OCCURED 4 AND 1/2 HOURS LATER, AFTER EMPLOYEE # 1 HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL TO A HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE . EW CONVEYOR COVERS, USING A WIRE BRUSH MOUNTED ON A BLACK & DECKER RIGHT-ANGLE G RINDER. THEY WOULD THEN PAINT THE CLEANED COVERS, USING A RED PRIMER. THE SECOND COVER, 63 INCHES LONG BY 46 1/4 INCHES WIDE, MADE OF 14 GUAGE SHEET METAL, HAD BEEN OPENED AND WAS BEING HELD OPEN BY A LENGTH OF CHAIN. THE SLACK HAD BEEN TAK EN OUT OF THE CHAIN BY TYING THE LINKS WITH A WELDING ROD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSID E THE CONVEYOR ENCLOSURE, WHICH WAS 40 INCHES WIDE BY 41 INCHES DEEP. HE HAD HIS LEFT KNEE BRACED AGAINST THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE ENCLOSURE AND HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE SCREW SHAFT. SUDDENLY, EITHER THE HINGED COVER BUCKLED AND FELL AGAINST THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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