OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456115
ROLLER--MACH/PART,ARM,NIP POINT,CONVEYOR BELT,HAND,UNGUARDED
Event description
ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN OPERATING THE CARROT PACKAGING MACHINE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDEN T. SHE HAD TURNED THE MACHINE OFF TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, USING A SOCKET WRENC H. THE SOCKET FELL OFF THE HANDLE AND DROPPED INSIDE A CONTINUALLY MOVING CONVEY OR BELT. THE BELT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOY EE REACHED INTO THE CONVEYOR BELT, AT THE POINT WHERE THE BELT GOES AROUND THE E ND ROLLER, TO RETREIVE THE SOCKET. HER HAND AND THEN HER ARM WAS PULLED INTO THE BELT AND AROUND THE ROLLER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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