OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444095
CLOTHING,LOADING,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONVEYOR,SPROCKET,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED,ANKLE
Event description
Employee injures foot in slat bed conveyor
Investigation abstract
At 2:33 p.m. on November 29, 1984, Employee #1, age 17, was loading wooden table s onto a slat bed conveyor. He had on tennis shoes with long shoelaces. When he placed his left foot on the lower, returning surface of the conveyor, his shoela ce became caught in the nearby sprocket and his left foot was pulled into the ca tch point, fracturing his ankle. The catch point was guarded immediately after t he accident. See OSHA form No. 89a, this report number, for photos.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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