OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442602
HEAD,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,ARM,PULLEY
Event description
Employee injured when caught by belts and pulleys
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on June 26, 1989, Employee #1 was applying grease to a grease fitting adjacent to a 16-in. diameter pulley with three 3 1/2-in. V-bel ts that was used to power a Barber Greene asphalt milling machine. His left arm came in contact with the belts and pulley, causing Employee #1 to strike his hea d against the metal guard frame and the asphalt pavement. Employee #1 was hospit alized with injuries to his head and left arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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