OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457022
GLOVE,FOREARM,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,IDLER,ARM,CONVEYOR BELT,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND IDLER
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 24, 1984, AT APPROXIMATLEY 2:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DESCENDING FROM H IS WORK AREA TO THE GROUND. LOOKING UP, HE NOTICED SOME DIRT ON AN IDLER FOR THE CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND TRIED TO KNOCK THE DIRT OFF. THE CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN TH E CONVEYOR BELT AND IDLER. THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS 36 INCHES WIDE AND THE IDLER WA S 4 INCHES BY 36 INCHES. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS ON HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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