OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485478
FRACTURE,WALL,CRUSHED,LACERATION,DISLOCATED,ELBOW,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND WALL
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was separating copper, brass, and aluminum as it passed in front of him on the conveyor belt in the non-ferrous room where he worked alone. Employee #1 was found crushed between the moving conveyor and a wall. He died due to cru sh injuries. He had extensive lacerations, and a dislocated and fractured right elbow.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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