OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421549

REPAIR,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CONVEYOR,NIP POINT

1989-04-06T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CONVEYOR,NIP POINT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14421549
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Employee killed when pulled between rollers

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was replacing a broken roller on a roller conveyor. The conveyors st arted up and the employee was pulled into the 8 in. space between a belt conveyo r and a roller conveyor, from his head to his waist. He was hanging upside down between them. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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