OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481584

CHEST,BELT,WORK RULES,ARM,ENTANGLED,PULLEY,INATTENTION

1986-02-04T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,BELT,WORK RULES,ARM,ENTANGLED,PULLEY,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14481584
Report ID: 316400

Event description

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT AND KILLED IN BELT AND PULLEY

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWING A SPEEDY-DRI GRANULAR SUBSTANCE UNDER THE HEAD PULLEY B SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND CHEST. ELT OF A 400 FOOT LONG BELT CONVEYOR, IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT BELT SLIPPAGE. HE WAS STANDING WITHIN 6 INCHES OF THE MOVING BELT AND ABOUT 12 INCHES FROM THE PUL LEY. THE BELT HAD METAL LACINGS, OR BELT CONNECTORS, LOCATED AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE BELT, AS WELL AS A SCREW TYPE CONNECTOR WHICH JOINED THE SEC TIONS OF BELT. THE CONNECTOR WAS PROTRUDING FROM ONE OF THE JOINED SECTIONS. THE EMPLOYEE'S CLOTHING, OR GLOVE, WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOVING BELT AND HEAD PULL EY, OR, THE EMPLOYEE'S CLOTHING WAS CAUGHT BY THE PROTRUDING SCREW CONNECTOR. HE WAS PULLED THRU THE BELT AND PULLEY, OR OVER THE BELT AND PULLEY. THE EMPLOYEE

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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