OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517775
HEAD,AMPUTATED,BELT,WORK RULES,TORSO,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CONVEYOR,ARM,NIP POINT
Event description
ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER OF CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE BASEMENT OF A PAPER MILL, PLACING SCRAP PAPER ONT O A 5 FOOT WIDE CONVEYOR BELT. HER JOB REPRESENTED THE FIRST STEP IN RECLAIMING PAPER LOST DURING THE PAPER MAKING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON THE FLOORS ABOVE HER. SCRAP PAPER BUILT UP AT THE ROLLER LOCATED AT THE FLOOR POSITION OF THE CONVEYO R. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE ROLLER, WHILE MACHINE WAS IN OPERATION, BY REACHING IN AND PULLING OUT THE BUILD UP BY HAND. THE ROLLER GRABBED HER HAND A ND PULLED HER RIGHT ARM AND PART OF HER UPPER BODY INTO THE ROLLER-BELT ASSEMBLY . HER ARM WAS AMPUTATED AT THE SHOULDER AND SHE SUFFERED CRUSHING AND ABRASIVE I NJURIES TO HER HEAD AND BODY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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