OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14435184
CLAUDE C. WOOD
IONE, CA·
Event description
Employee's arm amputated when caught in conveyor belt
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was near a materials hopper when he tripped and fell. His hand struc k against the hopper's conveyor belt and became caught in the machine's incoming nip points. Employee #1's arm was pulled off up to nearly his shoulder. The con veyor's belt and roller were unguarded.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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