OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440820
WOOD POWER, INC.
PLUMMER, ID·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND STEEL FRAME
Investigation abstract
An employee was working at a cogeneration plant. The plant used waste wood produ and was about 1.2 meters away. His feet slipped off the lip of the conveyor ont o the conveyor chain. His feet were pulled through a 95-millimeter opening, ampu tating both his legs. The employee was hospitalized for his injuries. The only d isconnecting means for the chain conveyor were located on the second floor of th e boiler, next door to the work location. Although the chain involved frequently jumped a tooth on its sprocket, no safety procedures had been written for its r ealignment, nor had safety training been provided to employees. ct from an adjacent sawmill to fire its boilers. A machine fed the waste wood pr oducts onto a conveyor running perpendicular to the output of the machine. A cha in for this machine had jumped a tooth on the end sprocket, and the employee was trying to realign it. There were two chains at this location, and both of them were running at a speed of about 0.3 meters per second. The employee was standin g with his feet on the narrow lip of the conveyor trough and was reaching across the conveyor to place a short two by six between the chain and the sprocket. Th e area into which he was trying to reach was about at the same level as his feet
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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