OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455695
FRACTURE,DUST,IND TRK OPERATOR,CLEANING,FOREARM,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,ARM,PULLEY,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
ARM CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKS IN THE BRICK PLANT, WAS CLEANING DUST OFF OF THE CONVEYOR BELT ON LINE #1, USING A PUTTY KNIFE. THE BELT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS ENTIRE RIG HT ARM INTO A PULLEY, FRACTURING THE RIGHT FOREARM IN TWO PLACES. THE CONVEYOR W AS STOPPED JUST AS EMPLOYEE #1'S UPPER ARM WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 IS A FORKLIF T OPERATOR AND HE WAS NOT WORKING AT HIS ASSIGNED TASK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDE NT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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