OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14371488
DRAG CHAIN CONVEYOR,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,SPROCKET,DISCONNECTING MEANS
Event description
CRUSHED IN CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED INTO THE HO USING OF THE NUMBER 11 DRAG CHAIN CONVEYOR, LOCATED OVERHEAD ON THE MAIN FLOOR O F THE POWERHOUSE. THE ELECTRICAL POWER DISCONNECT FOR THIS CONVEYOR WAS NOT LOCK ED OUT AND TAGGED. THE CONVEYOR WAS SOMEHOW ACTIVATED, ALLOWING A DRAG BUCKET TO MOVE. THE DRAG BUCKET CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER BACK AREA, PULLING HIM A GAINST THE STATIONARY HOUSING AND OVER THE SPROCKET END OF THE CONVEYOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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