OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377477
HECKETT DIV IF HARSCO CORPORATION
RIVERDALE, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN BUCKET AND PULLEY
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A NEW BELT ON THE 0-1/2" CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 W ENT TO THE HEAD PULLEY END OF THE CONVEYOR TO UNHOOK THE CABLE SUPPORTING THE RO LL OF BELT. WITNESSES EXPLAINED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 EVIDENTLY CLIMBED INTO THE BUCK ET OF THE END LOADER AND INSTRUCTED THE OPERATOR TO BACK UP. WHEN THE LOADER WAS PUT INTO REVERSE, IT LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT ONE FOOT, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE BETW EEN THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET AND THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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