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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444012

WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,SKULL,NIP POINT,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED

Event
WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,SKULL,NIP POINT,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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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