OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491229
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,FINGER,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CONVEYOR,ARM,NIP POINT,WRIST
Event description
HAND AND ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR MECHANISM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND AN ACQUAINTANCE, WERE PREPARING EEN THE DRAG LINKS AND THE FRONT OF THE HOPPER ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE #1 SCREAMED. T HE OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE SPARK PLUG WIRE TO STOP THE MOTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFF ERED A FRACTURED LITTLE FINGER AND WRIST AS WELL AS MUSCLE AND TENDON DAMAGE TO HIS HAND AND ARM. THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE POWER HAD BEEN L OCKED OUT OR THERE HAD BEEN BETTER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEES. A HI-WAY SANDER/SALTER FOR SUMMER STORAGE. THE SPREADER WAS REMOVED AND PLACED A TOP THREE SNOW-PLOW BLADES. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE THEN POURED OIL OVER THE DRAG LIN E CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AT THE FRONT END OF THE CONVEYOR (WHICH PROJECTED FR OM THE HOPPER ASSEMBLY), CLEANING THE CONVEYOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE OTHER TWO WORKERS WERE AT THE BACK (MOTOR END) OF THE SANDER/SALTER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIS TRIBUTE THE OIL PREVIOUSLY POURED INTO THE DRAG CONVEYOR, THE SECOND EMPLOYEE DE CIDED TO START THE CONVEYOR MOTOR. THE MOTOR STARTED ON THE FIRST PULL. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT ARM AND HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH NIP POINT BETW
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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