OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444012

AUGUSTA BLOCK, INC.

STAUNTON, VA· 1986-08-27T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, SKULL, NIP POINT, CONVEYOR BELT, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #17384116
Employer profile: AUGUSTA BLOCK, INC.
Summary number: 14444012
Report ID: 355116

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR, WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB OF DUMPING GRIT I NTO A HOPPER AND INSURING THAT IT FLOWED PROPERLY THROUGH THE SHUTE, THEN ONTO T HE LOWER AND UPPER CONVEYOR BELTS AND INTO THE MIXER. FOR SOME REASON HE DISMOUN TED THE LOADER AND WALKED DOWN TO THE LOWER END OF THE LOWER CONVEYOR, WHERE HE BECAME CAUGHT IN THE IN RUNNING NIP POINT WHERE THE 17 INCH WIDE RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT ROLLS OVER A 12 INCH DIAMETER IDLER. THE NIP POINT WAS UNGUARDED. HE DIED OF A CRUSHED SKULL.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
756

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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